Synnefo

from synnefo_branding import settings

from django.template.loader import render_to_string as django_render_to_string

def get_branding_dict(prepend=None):

    dct = {}

    for key in dir(settings):

        if key == key.upper():

            newkey = key.lower()

            if prepend:

                newkey = '%s_%s' % (prepend, newkey)

            dct[newkey.upper()] = getattr(settings, key)

    return dct

def brand_message(msg, **extra_args):

    params = get_branding_dict()

    params.update(extra_args)

    return msg % params

def render_to_string(template_name, dictionary=None, context_instance=None):

    if not dictionary:

        dictionary = {}

    if isinstance(dictionary, dict):

        newdict = get_branding_dict("BRANDING")

        newdict.update(dictionary)

    else:

        newdict = dictionary

    return django_render_to_string(template_name, newdict, context_instance)