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  • Committer: Barry Warsaw
  • Date: 2014-11-08 15:27:56 UTC
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  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 7260.
  • Revision ID: barry@list.org-20141108152756-p37fhmb0z2dtl7hx
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def etag(resource):
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    """Calculate the etag and return a JSON representation.
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    The input is a dictionary representing the resource.  This dictionary must
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    not contain an `http_etag` key.  This function calculates the etag by
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    using the sha1 hexdigest of the repr of the dictionary.  It then inserts
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    this value under the `http_etag` key, and returns the JSON representation
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    of the modified dictionary.
 
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    The input is a dictionary representing the resource.  This
 
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    dictionary must not contain an `http_etag` key.  This function
 
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    calculates the etag by using the sha1 hexdigest of the
 
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    pretty-printed (and thus key-sorted and predictable) representation
 
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    of the dictionary.  It then inserts this value under the `http_etag`
 
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    key, and returns the JSON representation of the modified dictionary.
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    :param resource: The original resource representation.
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    :type resource: dictionary