La til en funksjon som oppretter en midlertidig fil som man kan editere før man kjører commit

python/web/library/models.py

@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ class Book(models.Model):
 	def to_string(self, commit=False):
 		scratch = ''
 		if commit:
-			# generate commit string by sending self.to_dict to oysteini function
-			print self.to_dict()
+			# generate commit string by sending self.to_dict to fileformat function
 			print fileformat.write_action(self.to_dict())
 
 		else:
@@ -63,8 +62,6 @@ class Book(models.Model):
 					scratch += format % (field[1], '')
 			authors = ', '.join(map(unicode, self.get_authors()))
 			scratch += format % ('Authors', authors) 
-#			scratch += 'Authors'.ljust(15, ' ') + ':'
-#			scratch += authors.rjust(51, ' ')
 
 		return scratch 
 
@@ -163,7 +160,7 @@ class Person(models.Model):
 	def to_string(self, commit=False):
 		if commit:
 			#generate commit-string
-			print self.to_dict() 
+			print fileformat.write_action(self.to_dict())
 		else:
 			format = '%-10s: %50s \n'   				
 			scratch = format % ('Name', ' '.join((self.first_name, self.last_name)))

python/worblehat.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import sys
 import types
 import search
 import placement
+import tempfile
 
 def show_book_or_person(ids, commit_format=False, tmp_file=False):
     objects = map(get_book_or_person, ids)
@@ -27,9 +28,9 @@ def show_book_or_person(ids, commit_format=False, tmp_file=False):
     else:
         output = '\n'.join(objects)
     if tmp_file:
-        # TODO
-        #return write_tmpfile('-'.join(ids), output)
-        pass
+        filename = write_tmpfile('.'.join(ids), output)
+        print filename
+        return filename
     else:
         print output.strip()
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ def commit(filename=None): # TODO
 
 def edit_book_or_person(ids):
     filename = show_book_or_person(ids, commit_format=True, tmp_file=True)
+    print filename
 #    run_editor(filename) # TODO: må implementeres
     commit(filename)
 
@@ -215,6 +217,12 @@ def run_editor(filename):
 	else:
 		exit("Error: %s: File does not exist!" % filename)
 
+def write_tmpfile(pfix='', content=''):
+    file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix=pfix, dir='/tmp', delete=False)
+    file.write(content)
+    name = file.name
+    file.close()
+    return name
     
 
 cmdline_parsed = parse_cmdline(sys.argv[1:])