That is pretty sweet Bruno.
Would it make sense calling it _ensure_x rather than new_x or create_x as
in if the user, group or permission already exists then we do not (try) and
create again
Here is more complete example using Bruno my_crypt example to illustrate.
# coding: utf8
from gluon.storage import Storage
settings = Storage()
...
##################################
# debug user group and membership
#
settings.debug_ensure_first_user = False
settings.debug_ensure_users = False
settings.debug_ensure_group_role = False
settings.debug_ensure_membership = False
settings.debug_ensure_permissions = False
def __ensure_first_user(first_name,last_name,email,password):
users = db(db.auth_user.email==email).select()
if users:
user_id = users[0].id
created = False
if settings.debug_ensure_first_user == True:
print ('found user_id so created equals %s') % created
return (user_id,created)
else:
my_crypt = CRYPT(key=auth.settings.hmac_key)
crypt_pass = my_crypt(password)[0]
id_user= db.auth_user.insert(
first_name=first_name,
last_name=last_name,
email = email,
password = crypt_pass
)
created = True
if settings.debug_ensure_first_user == True:
print ('creating user_id')
return (id_user,created)
def __ensure_users():
user_id, created =
_ensure_user('first','last','em...@address.com','UserPassword12345')
if settings.debug_ensure_users == True:
print ('user id %i') % user_id
print ('created %s') % created
def __ensure_group_role(role,description):
if not auth.id_group(role=role):
auth.add_group(role=role,description=description)
if settings.debug_ensure_group_role == True:
print ('created role %s') %(role)
def __ensure_membership(group_id, user_id):
return_group_id = auth.add_membership(role=role, user_id=user_id)
if settings.debug_ensure_membership == True:
print ('made user_id member of %s') %(role)
return return_group_id
def __ensure_permissions(role, description, user_id):
__ensure_group_role(role,description)
return_group_id = __ensure_membership(group_id, user_id)
if settings.debug_ensure_permissions == True:
print return_group_id
