Bumped version to 0.2.dev and added tagging of releases with date.

[django-cas-provider.git] / cas_provider / utils.py

diff --git a/cas_provider/utils.py b/cas_provider/utils.py
index 501f63a..68b791c 100644 (file)
--- a/cas_provider/utils.py
+++ b/cas_provider/utils.py
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 from random import Random
 import string
 
-from models import ServiceTicket, LoginTicket
+from cas_provider.models import ServiceTicket, LoginTicket
 
-def _generate_string(length=8, chars=string.letters + string.digits):
-    return ''.join(Random().sample(string.letters+string.digits, length))
+def _generate_string(length=8, chars=string.ascii_letters + string.digits):
+    """ Generates a random string of the requested length. Used for creation of tickets. """
+    return ''.join(Random().sample(chars, length))
 
 def create_service_ticket(user, service):
+    """ Creates a new service ticket for the specified user and service.
+        Uses _generate_string.
+    """
     ticket_string = 'ST-' + _generate_string(29) # Total ticket length = 29 + 3 = 32
     ticket = ServiceTicket(service=service, user=user, ticket=ticket_string)
     ticket.save()
     return ticket
 
 def create_login_ticket():
+    """ Creates a new login ticket for the login form. Uses _generate_string. """
     ticket_string = 'LT-' + _generate_string(29)
     ticket = LoginTicket(ticket=ticket_string)
     ticket.save()