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+++ b/forums/management/commands/topic_export.py	Sat Mar 23 13:18:08 2013 -0500
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+"""
+topic_export.py
+
+A management command to export a forum topic by rendering it through a given
+template.
+
+"""
+from optparse import make_option
+import re
+
+from django.core.management.base import LabelCommand, CommandError
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string, TemplateDoesNotExist
+
+from forums.models import Topic
+
+
+SRC_RE = re.compile(r'src="/media/')
+SRC_REPL = 'src="http://surfguitar101.com/media/'
+
+
+class Command(LabelCommand):
+    help = "Exports a forum topic thread by rendering it through a given template"
+    option_list = LabelCommand.option_list + (
+            make_option('-t', '--template',
+                        default='forums/topic_export.html',
+                        help='template to render'),
+            make_option('-o', '--output',
+                        default=None,
+                        help='output filename [default: stdout]'),
+            )
+
+    def handle_label(self, tid, **opts):
+        """Fetch the topic and related posts. Render through a template.
+        Optionally write content to an output file.
+
+        """
+        try:
+            tid = int(tid)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise CommandError('topic ID must be an integer')
+
+        template_name = opts['template']
+        output_filename = opts['output']
+
+        try:
+            topic = Topic.objects.get(pk=tid)
+        except Topic.DoesNotExist:
+            raise CommandError('topic ID does not exist')
+
+        posts = topic.posts.select_related(depth=1)
+
+        try:
+            content = render_to_string(template_name, {'topic': topic, 'posts':
+                posts})
+        except TemplateDoesNotExist:
+            raise CommandError('template does not exist')
+
+        # fix up smiley images
+        content = SRC_RE.sub(SRC_REPL, content)
+
+        content = content.encode('utf-8')
+
+        if output_filename:
+            with open(output_filename, 'w') as fp:
+                fp.write(content)
+        else:
+            self.stdout.write(content)