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+"""
+Contains classes and utilities that help publishing a hyde website to
+the documentation hosting on http://packages.python.org/.
+
+"""
+
+import os
+import getpass
+import zipfile
+import tempfile
+import httplib
+import urlparse
+from base64 import standard_b64encode
+import ConfigParser
+
+from hyde.fs import File, Folder
+from hyde.publisher import Publisher
+
+from hyde.util import getLoggerWithNullHandler
+logger = getLoggerWithNullHandler('hyde.ext.publishers.pypi')
+
+
+
+
+class PyPI(Publisher):
+
+    def initialize(self, settings):
+        self.settings = settings
+        self.project = settings.project
+        self.url = getattr(settings,"url","https://pypi.python.org/pypi/")
+        self.username = getattr(settings,"username",None)
+        self.password = getattr(settings,"password",None)
+        self.prompt_for_credentials()
+
+    def prompt_for_credentials(self):
+        pypirc_file = os.path.expanduser("~/.pypirc")
+        if not os.path.isfile(pypirc_file):
+            pypirc = None
+        else:
+            pypirc = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+            pypirc.read([pypirc_file])
+        missing_errs = (ConfigParser.NoSectionError,ConfigParser.NoOptionError)
+        #  Try to find username in .pypirc
+        if self.username is None:
+            if pypirc is not None:
+                try:
+                    self.username = pypirc.get("server-login","username")
+                except missing_errs:
+                    pass
+        #  Prompt for username on command-line
+        if self.username is None:
+            print "Username: ",
+            self.username = raw_input().strip()
+        #  Try to find password in .pypirc
+        if self.password is None:
+            if pypirc is not None:
+                try:
+                    self.password = pypirc.get("server-login","password")
+                except missing_errs:
+                    pass
+        #  Prompt for username on command-line
+        if self.password is None:
+            self.password = getpass.getpass("Password: ")
+        #  Validate the values.
+        if not self.username:
+            raise ValueError("PyPI requires a username")
+        if not self.password:
+            raise ValueError("PyPI requires a password")
+
+    def publish(self):
+        super(PyPI, self).publish()
+        tf = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
+        try:
+            #  Bundle it up into a zipfile
+            logger.info("building the zipfile")
+            root = self.site.config.deploy_root_path
+            zf = zipfile.ZipFile(tf,"w",zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+            try:
+                for item in root.walker.walk_files():
+                    logger.info("  adding file: %s",item.path)
+                    zf.write(item.path,item.get_relative_path(root))
+            finally:
+                zf.close()
+            #  Formulate the necessary bits for the HTTP POST.
+            #  Multipart/form-data encoding.  Yuck.
+            authz = self.username + ":" + self.password
+            authz = "Basic " + standard_b64encode(authz)
+            boundary = "-----------" + os.urandom(20).encode("hex")
+            sep_boundary = "\r\n--" + boundary
+            end_boundary = "\r\n--" + boundary + "--\r\n"
+            content_type = "multipart/form-data; boundary=%s" % (boundary,)
+            items = ((":action","doc_upload"),("name",self.project))
+            body_prefix = ""
+            for (name,value) in items:
+                body_prefix += "--" + boundary + "\r\n"
+                body_prefix += "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\""
+                body_prefix += name + "\"\r\n\r\n"
+                body_prefix += value + "\r\n"
+            body_prefix += "--" + boundary + "\r\n"
+            body_prefix += "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"content\""
+            body_prefix += "; filename=\"website.zip\"\r\n\r\n"
+            body_suffix = "\r\n--" + boundary + "--\r\n"
+            content_length = len(body_prefix) + tf.tell() + len(body_suffix)
+            #  POST it up to PyPI
+            logger.info("uploading to PyPI")
+            url = urlparse.urlparse(self.url)
+            if url.scheme == "https":
+                con = httplib.HTTPSConnection(url.netloc)
+            else:
+                con = httplib.HTTPConnection(url.netloc)
+            con.connect()
+            try:
+                con.putrequest("POST", self.url)
+                con.putheader("Content-Type",content_type)
+                con.putheader("Content-Length",str(content_length))
+                con.putheader("Authorization",authz)
+                con.endheaders()
+                con.send(body_prefix)
+                tf.seek(0)
+                data = tf.read(1024*32)
+                while data:
+                    con.send(data)
+                    data = tf.read(1024*32)
+                con.send(body_suffix)
+                r = con.getresponse()
+                try:
+                    #  PyPI tries to redirect to the page on success.
+                    if r.status in (200,301,):
+                        logger.info("success!")
+                    else:
+                        msg = "Upload failed: %s %s" % (r.status,r.reason,)
+                        raise Exception(msg)
+                finally:
+                    r.close()
+            finally:
+                con.close()
+        finally:
+            tf.close()
+ 
+