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Refactor RateLimiter so that if Redis is not running, everything still runs normally (minus the rate limiting protection). My assumption that creating a Redis connection would throw an exception if Redis wasn't running was wrong. The exceptions actually occur when you issue a command. This is for #224.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:49:05 +0000
parents 65016249bf35
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"""Models for the bulletins app.
Bulletins allow the sited admins to display and manage important notices for the website.
"""

import datetime
from django.db import models
from django.db.models import Q


class BulletinManager(models.Manager):
    """Manager for the Bulletin model."""

    def get_current(self):
        now = datetime.datetime.now()
        return self.filter(
                Q(is_enabled=True),
                Q(start_date__lte=now),
                Q(end_date__isnull=True) | Q(end_date__gte=now))


class Bulletin(models.Model):
    """Model to represent site bulletins."""
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    text = models.TextField()
    start_date = models.DateTimeField(db_index=True,
            help_text='Start date for when the bulletin will be active.',)
    end_date = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True, db_index=True,
            help_text='End date for the bulletin. Leave blank to keep it open-ended.')
    is_enabled = models.BooleanField(default=True, db_index=True,
            help_text='Check to allow the bulletin to be viewed on the site.')

    objects = BulletinManager()

    class Meta:
        ordering = ('-start_date', )

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.title