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Use new updated Halloween NSSR banner from Niels.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:50:16 -0500
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bgneal@609 1 """
bgneal@609 2 This module contains country flag data & functions.
bgneal@609 3
bgneal@609 4 """
bgneal@679 5 import json
bgneal@609 6 import os.path
bgneal@609 7 import locale
bgneal@609 8 import logging
bgneal@609 9
bgneal@609 10
bgneal@609 11 # Read flag data from external JSON file:
bgneal@609 12
bgneal@609 13 FLAG_DATA = {}
bgneal@609 14
bgneal@609 15 datafile = os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], 'flag_data.json')
bgneal@609 16
bgneal@609 17 try:
bgneal@609 18 with open(datafile, 'r') as fp:
bgneal@609 19 FLAG_DATA = json.load(fp, encoding='utf-8')
bgneal@609 20 except IOError:
bgneal@609 21 FLAG_DATA = {}
bgneal@609 22 logging.error("Could not load flag_data.json")
bgneal@609 23
bgneal@609 24 # Build a choices list for use with Django models, etc.
bgneal@609 25 # The locale is set in order to sort the place names correctly:
bgneal@609 26
bgneal@609 27 locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
bgneal@609 28
bgneal@609 29 FLAG_CHOICES = sorted(FLAG_DATA.items(),
bgneal@609 30 cmp=lambda lhs, rhs: locale.strcoll(lhs[1], rhs[1]))