Melodia/web/web_utils.py

#Utilities file for the web client
from django.utils import simplejson
from django.http import HttpResponse

from archiver.playlist import Playlist

def json_response(**kwargs):
	#This is used to make sure that we have a standard json response
	response = {}
	for key, value in kwargs.iteritems():
		response[key] = value

	#After including anything specified in our arguments, make sure that we have a "success" parameter
	if not "success" in response:
		response["success"] = True

	return HttpResponse(simplejson.dumps(response))

def template_resources():
	"Return a dictionary of resources templates will need"
	#For example, giving templates a reference to all playlists.
	resource_dict = {}

	resource_dict.update({"playlist_list": Playlist.objects.all()})

	return resource_dict