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from functools import wraps

from time import time

from traceback import format_exc

from wsgiref.handlers import format_date_time

from binascii import hexlify

from django.conf import settings

from django.http import HttpResponse

from django.utils import simplejson as json

from django.utils.http import http_date, parse_etags

from django.utils.encoding import smart_str

from pithos.api.compat import parse_http_date_safe, parse_http_date

from pithos.api.faults import (Fault, NotModified, BadRequest, Unauthorized, ItemNotFound,

                                Conflict, LengthRequired, PreconditionFailed, RangeNotSatisfiable,

                                ServiceUnavailable)

from pithos.backends import backend

from pithos.backends.base import NotAllowedError

import datetime

import logging

import re

import hashlib

import uuid

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def rename_meta_key(d, old, new):

    if old not in d:

        return

    d[new] = d[old]

    del(d[old])

def printable_header_dict(d):

    """Format a meta dictionary for printing out json/xml.

    Convert all keys to lower case and replace dashes with underscores.

    Format 'last_modified' timestamp.

    """

    d['last_modified'] = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(d['last_modified'])).isoformat()

    return dict([(k.lower().replace('-', '_'), v) for k, v in d.iteritems()])

def format_header_key(k):

    """Convert underscores to dashes and capitalize intra-dash strings."""

    return '-'.join([x.capitalize() for x in k.replace('_', '-').split('-')])

def get_header_prefix(request, prefix):

    """Get all prefix-* request headers in a dict. Reformat keys with format_header_key()."""

    prefix = 'HTTP_' + prefix.upper().replace('-', '_')

    # TODO: Document or remove '~' replacing.

    return dict([(format_header_key(k[5:]), v.replace('~', '')) for k, v in request.META.iteritems() if k.startswith(prefix) and len(k) > len(prefix)])

def get_account_headers(request):

    meta = get_header_prefix(request, 'X-Account-Meta-')

    groups = {}

    for k, v in get_header_prefix(request, 'X-Account-Group-').iteritems():

        n = k[16:].lower()

        if '-' in n or '_' in n:

            raise BadRequest('Bad characters in group name')

        groups[n] = v.replace(' ', '').split(',')

        if '' in groups[n]:

            groups[n].remove('')

    return meta, groups

def put_account_headers(response, meta, groups):

    if 'count' in meta:

        response['X-Account-Container-Count'] = meta['count']

    if 'bytes' in meta:

        response['X-Account-Bytes-Used'] = meta['bytes']

    response['Last-Modified'] = http_date(int(meta['modified']))

    for k in [x for x in meta.keys() if x.startswith('X-Account-Meta-')]:

        response[smart_str(k, strings_only=True)] = smart_str(meta[k], strings_only=True)

    if 'until_timestamp' in meta:

        response['X-Account-Until-Timestamp'] = http_date(int(meta['until_timestamp']))

    for k, v in groups.iteritems():

        k = smart_str(k, strings_only=True)

        k = format_header_key('X-Account-Group-' + k)

        v = smart_str(','.join(v), strings_only=True)

        response[k] = v

def get_container_headers(request):

    meta = get_header_prefix(request, 'X-Container-Meta-')

    policy = dict([(k[19:].lower(), v.replace(' ', '')) for k, v in get_header_prefix(request, 'X-Container-Policy-').iteritems()])

    return meta, policy

def put_container_headers(response, meta, policy):

    if 'count' in meta:

        response['X-Container-Object-Count'] = meta['count']

    if 'bytes' in meta:

        response['X-Container-Bytes-Used'] = meta['bytes']

    response['Last-Modified'] = http_date(int(meta['modified']))

    for k in [x for x in meta.keys() if x.startswith('X-Container-Meta-')]:

        response[smart_str(k, strings_only=True)] = smart_str(meta[k], strings_only=True)

    l = [smart_str(x, strings_only=True) for x in meta['object_meta'] if x.startswith('X-Object-Meta-')]

    response['X-Container-Object-Meta'] = ','.join([x[14:] for x in l])

    response['X-Container-Block-Size'] = backend.block_size

    response['X-Container-Block-Hash'] = backend.hash_algorithm

    if 'until_timestamp' in meta:

        response['X-Container-Until-Timestamp'] = http_date(int(meta['until_timestamp']))

    for k, v in policy.iteritems():

        response[smart_str(format_header_key('X-Container-Policy-' + k), strings_only=True)] = smart_str(v, strings_only=True)

def get_object_headers(request):

    meta = get_header_prefix(request, 'X-Object-Meta-')

    if request.META.get('CONTENT_TYPE'):

        meta['Content-Type'] = request.META['CONTENT_TYPE']

    if request.META.get('HTTP_CONTENT_ENCODING'):

        meta['Content-Encoding'] = request.META['HTTP_CONTENT_ENCODING']

    if request.META.get('HTTP_CONTENT_DISPOSITION'):

        meta['Content-Disposition'] = request.META['HTTP_CONTENT_DISPOSITION']

    if request.META.get('HTTP_X_OBJECT_MANIFEST'):

        meta['X-Object-Manifest'] = request.META['HTTP_X_OBJECT_MANIFEST']

    return meta, get_sharing(request), get_public(request)

def put_object_headers(response, meta, restricted=False):

    response['ETag'] = meta['hash']

    response['Content-Length'] = meta['bytes']

    response['Content-Type'] = meta.get('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')

    response['Last-Modified'] = http_date(int(meta['modified']))

    if not restricted:

        response['X-Object-Modified-By'] = meta['modified_by']

        response['X-Object-Version'] = meta['version']

        response['X-Object-Version-Timestamp'] = http_date(int(meta['version_timestamp']))

        for k in [x for x in meta.keys() if x.startswith('X-Object-Meta-')]:

            response[smart_str(k, strings_only=True)] = smart_str(meta[k], strings_only=True)

        for k in ('Content-Encoding', 'Content-Disposition', 'X-Object-Manifest', 'X-Object-Sharing', 'X-Object-Shared-By', 'X-Object-Public'):

            if k in meta:

                response[k] = smart_str(meta[k], strings_only=True)

    else:

        for k in ('Content-Encoding', 'Content-Disposition'):

            if k in meta:

                response[k] = meta[k]

def update_manifest_meta(request, v_account, meta):

    """Update metadata if the object has an X-Object-Manifest."""

    if 'X-Object-Manifest' in meta:

        hash = ''

        bytes = 0

        try:

            src_container, src_name = split_container_object_string('/' + meta['X-Object-Manifest'])

            objects = backend.list_objects(request.user, v_account, src_container, prefix=src_name, virtual=False)

            for x in objects:

                src_meta = backend.get_object_meta(request.user, v_account, src_container, x[0], x[1])

                hash += src_meta['hash']

                bytes += src_meta['bytes']

        except:

            # Ignore errors.

            return

        meta['bytes'] = bytes

        md5 = hashlib.md5()

        md5.update(hash)

        meta['hash'] = md5.hexdigest().lower()

def update_sharing_meta(permissions, v_account, v_container, v_object, meta):

    if permissions is None:

        return

    perm_path, perms = permissions

    if len(perms) == 0:

        return

    ret = []

    r = ','.join(perms.get('read', []))

    if r:

        ret.append('read=' + r)

    w = ','.join(perms.get('write', []))

    if w:

        ret.append('write=' + w)

    meta['X-Object-Sharing'] = '; '.join(ret)

    if '/'.join((v_account, v_container, v_object)) != perm_path:

        meta['X-Object-Shared-By'] = perm_path

def update_public_meta(public, meta):

    if not public:

        return

    meta['X-Object-Public'] = public

def validate_modification_preconditions(request, meta):

    """Check that the modified timestamp conforms with the preconditions set."""

    if 'modified' not in meta:

        return # TODO: Always return?

    if_modified_since = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE')

    if if_modified_since is not None:

        if_modified_since = parse_http_date_safe(if_modified_since)

    if if_modified_since is not None and int(meta['modified']) <= if_modified_since:

        raise NotModified('Resource has not been modified')

    if_unmodified_since = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE')

    if if_unmodified_since is not None:

        if_unmodified_since = parse_http_date_safe(if_unmodified_since)

    if if_unmodified_since is not None and int(meta['modified']) > if_unmodified_since:

        raise PreconditionFailed('Resource has been modified')

def validate_matching_preconditions(request, meta):

    """Check that the ETag conforms with the preconditions set."""

    hash = meta.get('hash', None)

    if_match = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_MATCH')

    if if_match is not None:

        if hash is None:

            raise PreconditionFailed('Resource does not exist')

        if if_match != '*' and hash not in [x.lower() for x in parse_etags(if_match)]:

            raise PreconditionFailed('Resource ETag does not match')

    if_none_match = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH')

    if if_none_match is not None:

        # TODO: If this passes, must ignore If-Modified-Since header.

        if hash is not None:

            if if_none_match == '*' or hash in [x.lower() for x in parse_etags(if_none_match)]:

                # TODO: Continue if an If-Modified-Since header is present.

                if request.method in ('HEAD', 'GET'):

                    raise NotModified('Resource ETag matches')

                raise PreconditionFailed('Resource exists or ETag matches')

def split_container_object_string(s):

    if not len(s) > 0 or s[0] != '/':

        raise ValueError

    s = s[1:]

    pos = s.find('/')

    if pos == -1:

        raise ValueError

    return s[:pos], s[(pos + 1):]

def copy_or_move_object(request, v_account, src_container, src_name, dest_container, dest_name, move=False):

    """Copy or move an object."""

    meta, permissions, public = get_object_headers(request)

    src_version = request.META.get('HTTP_X_SOURCE_VERSION')    

    try:

        if move:

            backend.move_object(request.user, v_account, src_container, src_name, dest_container, dest_name, meta, False, permissions)

        else:

            backend.copy_object(request.user, v_account, src_container, src_name, dest_container, dest_name, meta, False, permissions, src_version)

    except NotAllowedError:

        raise Unauthorized('Access denied')

    except (NameError, IndexError):

        raise ItemNotFound('Container or object does not exist')

    except ValueError:

        raise BadRequest('Invalid sharing header')

    except AttributeError, e:

        raise Conflict(json.dumps(e.data))

    if public is not None:

        try:

            backend.update_object_public(request.user, v_account, dest_container, dest_name, public)

        except NotAllowedError:

            raise Unauthorized('Access denied')

        except NameError:

            raise ItemNotFound('Object does not exist')

def get_int_parameter(p):

    if p is not None:

        try:

            p = int(p)

        except ValueError:

            return None

        if p < 0:

            return None

    return p

def get_content_length(request):

    content_length = get_int_parameter(request.META.get('CONTENT_LENGTH'))

    if content_length is None:

        raise LengthRequired('Missing or invalid Content-Length header')

    return content_length

def get_range(request, size):

    """Parse a Range header from the request.

    Either returns None, when the header is not existent or should be ignored,

    or a list of (offset, length) tuples - should be further checked.

    """

    ranges = request.META.get('HTTP_RANGE', '').replace(' ', '')

    if not ranges.startswith('bytes='):

        return None

    ret = []

    for r in (x.strip() for x in ranges[6:].split(',')):

        p = re.compile('^(?P<offset>\d*)-(?P<upto>\d*)$')

        m = p.match(r)

        if not m:

            return None

        offset = m.group('offset')

        upto = m.group('upto')

        if offset == '' and upto == '':

            return None

        if offset != '':

            offset = int(offset)

            if upto != '':

                upto = int(upto)

                if offset > upto:

                    return None

                ret.append((offset, upto - offset + 1))

            else:

                ret.append((offset, size - offset))

        else:

            length = int(upto)

            ret.append((size - length, length))

    return ret

def get_content_range(request):

    """Parse a Content-Range header from the request.

    Either returns None, when the header is not existent or should be ignored,

    or an (offset, length, total) tuple - check as length, total may be None.

    Returns (None, None, None) if the provided range is '*/*'.

    """

    ranges = request.META.get('HTTP_CONTENT_RANGE', '')

    if not ranges:

        return None

    p = re.compile('^bytes (?P<offset>\d+)-(?P<upto>\d*)/(?P<total>(\d+|\*))$')

    m = p.match(ranges)

    if not m:

        if ranges == 'bytes */*':

            return (None, None, None)

        return None

    offset = int(m.group('offset'))

    upto = m.group('upto')

    total = m.group('total')

    if upto != '':

        upto = int(upto)

    else:

        upto = None

    if total != '*':

        total = int(total)

    else:

        total = None

    if (upto is not None and offset > upto) or \

        (total is not None and offset >= total) or \

        (total is not None and upto is not None and upto >= total):

        return None

    if upto is None:

        length = None

    else:

        length = upto - offset + 1

    return (offset, length, total)

def get_sharing(request):

    """Parse an X-Object-Sharing header from the request.

    Raises BadRequest on error.

    """

    permissions = request.META.get('HTTP_X_OBJECT_SHARING')

    if permissions is None:

        return None

    ret = {}

    permissions = permissions.replace(' ', '')

    if permissions == '':

        return ret

    for perm in (x for x in permissions.split(';')):

        if perm.startswith('read='):

            ret['read'] = list(set([v.replace(' ','').lower() for v in perm[5:].split(',')]))

            if '' in ret['read']:

                ret['read'].remove('')

            if '*' in ret['read']:

                ret['read'] = ['*']

            if len(ret['read']) == 0:

                raise BadRequest('Bad X-Object-Sharing header value')

        elif perm.startswith('write='):

            ret['write'] = list(set([v.replace(' ','').lower() for v in perm[6:].split(',')]))

            if '' in ret['write']:

                ret['write'].remove('')

            if '*' in ret['write']:

                ret['write'] = ['*']

            if len(ret['write']) == 0:

                raise BadRequest('Bad X-Object-Sharing header value')

        else:

            raise BadRequest('Bad X-Object-Sharing header value')

    return ret

def get_public(request):

    """Parse an X-Object-Public header from the request.

    Raises BadRequest on error.

    """

    public = request.META.get('HTTP_X_OBJECT_PUBLIC')

    if public is None:

        return None

    public = public.replace(' ', '').lower()

    if public == 'true':

        return True

    elif public == 'false' or public == '':

        return False

    raise BadRequest('Bad X-Object-Public header value')

def raw_input_socket(request):

    """Return the socket for reading the rest of the request."""

    server_software = request.META.get('SERVER_SOFTWARE')

    if server_software and server_software.startswith('mod_python'):

        return request._req

    if 'wsgi.input' in request.environ:

        return request.environ['wsgi.input']

    raise ServiceUnavailable('Unknown server software')

MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE = 10 * (1024 * 1024) # 10MB

def socket_read_iterator(request, length=0, blocksize=4096):

    """Return a maximum of blocksize data read from the socket in each iteration.

    Read up to 'length'. If 'length' is negative, will attempt a chunked read.

    The maximum ammount of data read is controlled by MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE.

    """

    sock = raw_input_socket(request)

    if length < 0: # Chunked transfers

        # Small version (server does the dechunking).

        if request.environ.get('mod_wsgi.input_chunked', None):

            while length < MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE:

                data = sock.read(blocksize)

                if data == '':

                    return

                yield data

            raise BadRequest('Maximum size is reached')

        # Long version (do the dechunking).

        data = ''

        while length < MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE:

            # Get chunk size.

            if hasattr(sock, 'readline'):

                chunk_length = sock.readline()

            else:

                chunk_length = ''

                while chunk_length[-1:] != '\n':

                    chunk_length += sock.read(1)

                chunk_length.strip()

            pos = chunk_length.find(';')

            if pos >= 0:

                chunk_length = chunk_length[:pos]

            try:

                chunk_length = int(chunk_length, 16)

            except Exception, e:

                raise BadRequest('Bad chunk size') # TODO: Change to something more appropriate.

            # Check if done.

            if chunk_length == 0:

                if len(data) > 0:

                    yield data

                return

            # Get the actual data.

            while chunk_length > 0:

                chunk = sock.read(min(chunk_length, blocksize))

                chunk_length -= len(chunk)

                if length > 0:

                    length += len(chunk)

                data += chunk

                if len(data) >= blocksize:

                    ret = data[:blocksize]

                    data = data[blocksize:]

                    yield ret

            sock.read(2) # CRLF

        raise BadRequest('Maximum size is reached')

    else:

        if length > MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE:

            raise BadRequest('Maximum size is reached')

        while length > 0:

            data = sock.read(min(length, blocksize))

            length -= len(data)

            yield data

class ObjectWrapper(object):

    """Return the object's data block-per-block in each iteration.

    Read from the object using the offset and length provided in each entry of the range list.

    """

    def __init__(self, ranges, sizes, hashmaps, boundary):

        self.ranges = ranges

        self.sizes = sizes

        self.hashmaps = hashmaps

        self.boundary = boundary

        self.size = sum(self.sizes)

        self.file_index = 0

        self.block_index = 0

        self.block_hash = -1

        self.block = ''

        self.range_index = -1

        self.offset, self.length = self.ranges[0]

    def __iter__(self):

        return self

    def part_iterator(self):

        if self.length > 0:

            # Get the file for the current offset.

            file_size = self.sizes[self.file_index]

            while self.offset >= file_size:

                self.offset -= file_size

                self.file_index += 1

                file_size = self.sizes[self.file_index]

            # Get the block for the current position.

            self.block_index = int(self.offset / backend.block_size)

            if self.block_hash != self.hashmaps[self.file_index][self.block_index]:

                self.block_hash = self.hashmaps[self.file_index][self.block_index]

                try:

                    self.block = backend.get_block(self.block_hash)

                except NameError:

                    raise ItemNotFound('Block does not exist')

            # Get the data from the block.

            bo = self.offset % backend.block_size

            bl = min(self.length, len(self.block) - bo)

            data = self.block[bo:bo + bl]

            self.offset += bl

            self.length -= bl

            return data

        else:

            raise StopIteration

    def next(self):

        if len(self.ranges) == 1:

            return self.part_iterator()

        if self.range_index == len(self.ranges):

            raise StopIteration

        try:

            if self.range_index == -1:

                raise StopIteration

            return self.part_iterator()

        except StopIteration:

            self.range_index += 1

            out = []

            if self.range_index < len(self.ranges):

                # Part header.

                self.offset, self.length = self.ranges[self.range_index]

                self.file_index = 0

                if self.range_index > 0:

                    out.append('')

                out.append('--' + self.boundary)

                out.append('Content-Range: bytes %d-%d/%d' % (self.offset, self.offset + self.length - 1, self.size))

                out.append('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary')

                out.append('')

                out.append('')

                return '\r\n'.join(out)

            else:

                # Footer.

                out.append('')

                out.append('--' + self.boundary + '--')

                out.append('')

                return '\r\n'.join(out)

def object_data_response(request, sizes, hashmaps, meta, public=False):

    """Get the HttpResponse object for replying with the object's data."""

    # Range handling.

    size = sum(sizes)

    ranges = get_range(request, size)

    if ranges is None:

        ranges = [(0, size)]

        ret = 200

    else:

        check = [True for offset, length in ranges if

                    length <= 0 or length > size or

                    offset < 0 or offset >= size or

                    offset + length > size]

        if len(check) > 0:

            raise RangeNotSatisfiable('Requested range exceeds object limits')

        ret = 206

        if_range = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_RANGE')

        if if_range:

            try:

                # Modification time has passed instead.

                last_modified = parse_http_date(if_range)

                if last_modified != meta['modified']:

                    ranges = [(0, size)]

                    ret = 200

            except ValueError:

                if if_range != meta['hash']:

                    ranges = [(0, size)]

                    ret = 200

    if ret == 206 and len(ranges) > 1:

        boundary = uuid.uuid4().hex

    else:

        boundary = ''

    wrapper = ObjectWrapper(ranges, sizes, hashmaps, boundary)

    response = HttpResponse(wrapper, status=ret)

    put_object_headers(response, meta, public)

    if ret == 206:

        if len(ranges) == 1:

            offset, length = ranges[0]

            response['Content-Length'] = length # Update with the correct length.

            response['Content-Range'] = 'bytes %d-%d/%d' % (offset, offset + length - 1, size)

        else:

            del(response['Content-Length'])

            response['Content-Type'] = 'multipart/byteranges; boundary=%s' % (boundary,)

    return response

def put_object_block(hashmap, data, offset):

    """Put one block of data at the given offset."""

    bi = int(offset / backend.block_size)

    bo = offset % backend.block_size

    bl = min(len(data), backend.block_size - bo)

    if bi < len(hashmap):

        hashmap[bi] = backend.update_block(hashmap[bi], data[:bl], bo)

    else:

        hashmap.append(backend.put_block(('\x00' * bo) + data[:bl]))

    return bl # Return ammount of data written.

def hashmap_hash(hashmap):

    """Produce the root hash, treating the hashmap as a Merkle-like tree."""

    def subhash(d):

        h = hashlib.new(backend.hash_algorithm)

        h.update(d)

        return h.digest()

    if len(hashmap) == 0:

        return hexlify(subhash(''))

    if len(hashmap) == 1:

        return hexlify(hashmap[0])

    s = 2

    while s < len(hashmap):

        s = s * 2

    h = hashmap + ([('\x00' * len(hashmap[0]))] * (s - len(hashmap)))

    h = [subhash(h[x] + (h[x + 1] if x + 1 < len(h) else '')) for x in range(0, len(h), 2)]

    while len(h) > 1:

        h = [subhash(h[x] + (h[x + 1] if x + 1 < len(h) else '')) for x in range(0, len(h), 2)]

    return hexlify(h[0])

def update_response_headers(request, response):

    if request.serialization == 'xml':

        response['Content-Type'] = 'application/xml; charset=UTF-8'

    elif request.serialization == 'json':

        response['Content-Type'] = 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'

    elif not response['Content-Type']:

        response['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8'

    if not response.has_header('Content-Length') and not (response.has_header('Content-Type') and response['Content-Type'].startswith('multipart/byteranges')):

        response['Content-Length'] = len(response.content)

    if settings.TEST:

        response['Date'] = format_date_time(time())

def render_fault(request, fault):

    if settings.DEBUG or settings.TEST:

        fault.details = format_exc(fault)

    request.serialization = 'text'

    data = '\n'.join((fault.message, fault.details)) + '\n'

    response = HttpResponse(data, status=fault.code)

    update_response_headers(request, response)

    return response

def request_serialization(request, format_allowed=False):

    """Return the serialization format requested.

    Valid formats are 'text' and 'json', 'xml' if 'format_allowed' is True.

    """

    if not format_allowed:

        return 'text'

    format = request.GET.get('format')

    if format == 'json':

        return 'json'

    elif format == 'xml':

        return 'xml'

#     for item in request.META.get('HTTP_ACCEPT', '').split(','):

#         accept, sep, rest = item.strip().partition(';')

#         if accept == 'application/json':

#             return 'json'

#         elif accept == 'application/xml' or accept == 'text/xml':

#             return 'xml'

    return 'text'

def api_method(http_method=None, format_allowed=False):

    """Decorator function for views that implement an API method."""

    def decorator(func):

        @wraps(func)

        def wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):

            try:

                if http_method and request.method != http_method:

                    raise BadRequest('Method not allowed.')

                # The args variable may contain up to (account, container, object).

                if len(args) > 1 and len(args[1]) > 256:

                    raise BadRequest('Container name too large.')

                if len(args) > 2 and len(args[2]) > 1024:

                    raise BadRequest('Object name too large.')

                # Fill in custom request variables.

                request.serialization = request_serialization(request, format_allowed)

                response = func(request, *args, **kwargs)

                update_response_headers(request, response)

                return response

            except Fault, fault:

                return render_fault(request, fault)

            except BaseException, e:

                logger.exception('Unexpected error: %s' % e)

                fault = ServiceUnavailable('Unexpected error')

                return render_fault(request, fault)

        return wrapper

    return decorator