X-Git-Url: http://git.veekun.com/zzz-floof.git/blobdiff_plain/c03a740f65ea24ba6567b0ef75f3785faae37d42..7c20a2661d532fe1e338f0f0dfb9fe42113ab103:/floof/lib/helpers.py?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/floof/lib/helpers.py b/floof/lib/helpers.py
index 84c3394..b4cac1f 100644
--- a/floof/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/floof/lib/helpers.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ available to Controllers. This module is available to both as 'h'.
 # from webhelpers.html.tags import checkbox, password
 from webhelpers import *
 from routes import url_for, redirect_to
+from pylons import url
 
 # Scaffolding helper imports
 from webhelpers.html.tags import *
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ def get_object_or_404(model, **kw):
     from pylons.controllers.util import abort
     """
     Returns object, or raises a 404 Not Found is object is not in db.
-    Uses elixir-specific `get_by()` convenience function (see elixir source: 
+    Uses elixir-specific `get_by()` convenience function (see elixir source:
     http://elixir.ematia.de/trac/browser/elixir/trunk/elixir/entity.py#L1082)
     Example: user = get_object_or_404(model.User, id = 1)
     """
@@ -30,3 +31,13 @@ def get_object_or_404(model, **kw):
         abort(404)
     return obj
 
+def get_comment_owner_url(**route):
+    """Given a view route, returns the owner_url route parameter for generating
+    comment URLs.
+    """ 
+    if 'owner_url' in route:
+        # We're already in a comments page.  Reuse the existing owner URL
+        return route['owner_url']
+
+    # url() returns URLs beginning with a slash.  We just need to strip it.
+    return url(**route)[1:]