#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ openslides.participant.api ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Useful functions for the participant app. :copyright: 2011, 2012 by OpenSlides team, see AUTHORS. :license: GNU GPL, see LICENSE for more details. """ from random import choice import string from django.contrib.auth.models import User from openslides.utils.person import get_person from openslides.participant.models import OpenSlidesUser def gen_password(): """ generates a random passwort. """ chars = string.letters + string.digits newpassword = '' for i in range(8): newpassword += choice(chars) return newpassword def gen_username(first_name, last_name): """ generates the username for new users. """ testname = "%s %s" % (first_name.strip(), last_name.strip()) try: User.objects.get(username=testname) except User.DoesNotExist: return testname i = 0 while True: i += 1 testname = "%s%s%s" % (first_name, last_name, i) try: User.objects.get(username=testname) except User.DoesNotExist: return testname