import simplejson
import urllib
import os
import os.path
import shutil
import tempfile
import datetime
import dateutil.parser

from django.http import HttpResponse
import django.shortcuts
from django.template import RequestContext
import django.conf

import mysite.base.decorators

def json_response(python_object):
    json = simplejson.dumps(python_object)
    return HttpResponse(json, mimetype="application/json")

class ObjectFromDict(object):
    def __init__(self, data):
        for key in data:
            setattr(self, key, data[key])

def assert_or_pdb(expression):
    if expression:
        pass
    else:
        if 'LOTSA_PDB' in os.environ:
            import pdb
            pdb.set_trace()
        else:
            raise ValueError, "eek"

def string2naive_datetime(s):
    time_zoned = dateutil.parser.parse(s)
    if time_zoned.tzinfo:
        d_aware = time_zoned.astimezone(dateutil.tz.tzutc())
        d = d_aware.replace(tzinfo=None)
    else:
        d = time_zoned # best we can do
    return d

def render_response(req, *args, **kwargs):
    kwargs['context_instance'] = RequestContext(req)
    return django.shortcuts.render_to_response(*args, **kwargs)

def clear_static_cache(path):
    '''Atomically destroy the static file cache for a certain path.'''
    # Steps:
    fully_qualified_path = os.path.join(settings.WEB_ROOT, path)

    # 0. Create new temp dir
    new_temp_path = tempfile.mkdtemp(settings.WEB_ROOT)

    # 1. Atomically move the path that we want to expire into the new directory
    try:
        os.rename(fully_qualified_path, os.path.join(new_temp_path, 'old'))
    except OSError, e:
        if e.errno == 2: # No such file or directory
            # Well, that means the cache is already clear.
            # We still have to nuke new_temp_path though!
            pass

    # 2. shutil.rmtree() the new path
    shutil.rmtree(new_temp_path)

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Remove an unnecessary import from base/helpers.