view gpp/antispam/utils.py @ 334:6805d15cda13

Adding a script I had to write on the fly to filter out posts from the posts csv file that had no parent topics. MyISAM let me get away with that, but InnoDB won't.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:28:22 +0000
parents 767cedc7d12a
children 98b373ca09f3
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"""Antispam utility functions other apps can use."""
import datetime
import logging
import textwrap

from django.core.cache import cache

from antispam import SPAM_PHRASE_KEY
from antispam.models import SpamPhrase
from core.functions import email_admins
from bio.models import STA_SUSPENDED


def contains_spam(s):
    """This function returns True if the supplied string s contains any spam
    phrases and False otherwise.
    """
    phrases = _get_spam_phrases()
    s = s.lower()
    for spam in phrases:
        if spam in s:
            return True

    return False


def spam_check(request, content):
    """This function checks the supplied content for spam if the user from the
    supplied request is a stranger (new to the site). If spam is found, the
    function makes a log entry, emails the admins, suspends the user's account
    and returns True. If spam is not found, False is returned.
    It is assumed that request.user is an authenticated user and thus has a
    user profile.
    """
    user = request.user
    if user.get_profile().is_stranger() and contains_spam(content):

        ip = request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR', "unknown")

        msg = textwrap.dedent("""\
            SPAM FILTER TRIPPED by %s
            PATH: %s
            IP: %s
            Message:
            %s
            """ % (user.username, request.path, ip, content))

        logging.info(msg)
        email_admins("SPAM FILTER TRIPPED BY %s" % user.username, msg)
        suspend_user(user)
        return True

    return False


def suspend_user(user):
    """This function marks the user as suspended."""
    user.is_active = False
    user.save()
    profile = user.get_profile()
    profile.status = STA_SUSPENDED
    profile.status_date = datetime.datetime.now()
    profile.save()


def _get_spam_phrases():
    """This function returns the current list of spam phrase strings.
    The strings are cached to avoid hitting the database.
    """
    phrases = cache.get(SPAM_PHRASE_KEY)
    if phrases:
        return phrases

    phrases = SpamPhrase.objects.values_list('phrase', flat=True)
    cache.set(SPAM_PHRASE_KEY, phrases)
    return phrases