cc-4105: added locale configuration attempt to beginning of mm2

python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/exceptions.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 class BadSongFile(Exception):
     def __init__(self, path): self.path = path
     def __str__(self): return "Can't read %s" % self.path
@@ -15,3 +14,9 @@ class ConfigAccessViolation(Exception):
 
 class FailedToSetLocale(Exception):
     def __str__(self): return "Failed to set locale"
+
+class FailedToObtainLocale(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, path, cause):
+        self.path = path
+        self.cause = cause
+    def __str__(self): return "Failed to obtain locale from '%s'" % self.path

python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/log.py

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ logging.basicConfig(filename='/home/rudi/throwaway/mm2.log', level=logging.DEBUG
 
 class Loggable(object):
     __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
-    # TODO : replace this boilerplate with LazyProperty
     @LazyProperty
     def logger(self):
         # TODO : Clean this up

python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/pure.py

@@ -236,17 +236,27 @@ def encode_to(obj, encoding='utf-8'):
 def convert_dict_value_to_utf8(md):
     return dict([(item[0], encode_to(item[1], "utf-8")) for item in md.items()])
 
-def configure_locale():
+def get_system_locale(locale_path='/etc/default/locale'):
+    """
+    Returns the configuration object for the system's default locale. Normally
+    requires root access.
+    """
+    if os.path.exists(locale_path):
+        try:
+            config = ConfigObj(locale_path)
+            return config
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise FailedToSetLocale(locale_path,cause=e)
+    else: raise ValueError("locale path '%s' does not exist. permissions issue?" % locale_path)
+
+def configure_locale(config):
+    """ sets the locale according to the system's locale."""
     current_locale = locale.getlocale()
     if current_locale[1] is None:
         default_locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()
         if default_locale[1] is None:
-            if os.path.exists("/etc/default/locale"):
-                config = ConfigObj('/etc/default/locale')
-                lang = config.get('LANG')
-                new_locale = lang
-            else:
-                raise FailedToSetLocale()
+            lang = config.get('LANG')
+            new_locale = lang
         else:
             new_locale = default_locale
         locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, new_locale)
@@ -256,7 +266,6 @@ def configure_locale():
     if current_locale_encoding not in ['utf-8', 'utf8']:
         raise FailedToSetLocale()
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import doctest
     doctest.testmod()

python_apps/media-monitor2/mm2.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # testing ground for the script
 import pyinotify
 import time
+import sys
 import os
 from media.monitor.listeners import OrganizeListener, StoreWatchListener
 from media.monitor.organizer import Organizer
@@ -11,9 +12,22 @@ from media.monitor.handler import ProblemFileHandler
 from media.monitor.bootstrap import Bootstrapper
 from media.monitor.log import get_logger
 from media.monitor.syncdb import SyncDB
+from media.monitor.exceptions import FailedToObtainLocale, FailedToSetLocale
+import media.monitor.pure as mmp
 from api_clients import api_client as apc
-
-# TODO : we should configure locale before doing anything here
+log = get_logger()
+log.info("Attempting to set the locale...")
+try:
+    mmp.configure_locale(mmp.get_system_locale())
+except FailedToSetLocale as e:
+    log.info("Failed to set the locale...")
+    sys.exit(1)
+except FailedToObtainLocale as e:
+    log.info("Failed to obtain the locale form the default path: '/etc/default/locale'")
+    sys.exit(1)
+except Exception as e:
+    log.info("Failed to set the locale for unknown reason. Logging exception.")
+    log.info(str(e))
 
 channels = {
     # note that org channel still has a 'watch' path because that is the path
@@ -24,7 +38,6 @@ channels = {
     'badfile' : PathChannel('badfile', '/home/rudi/throwaway/fucking_around/problem_dir'),
 }
 
-log = get_logger()
 apiclient = apc.AirtimeApiClient(log)
 # We initialize sdb before anything because we must know what our watched
 # directories are.