Initial import

eve_proxy/views.py

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+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from eve_proxy.models import CachedDocument
+
+def retrieve_xml(request):
+    """
+    A view that forwards EVE API requests through the cache system, either
+    retrieving a cached document or querying and caching as needed.
+    """
+    # This is the URL path (minus the parameters).
+    url_path = request.META['PATH_INFO']
+    # The parameters attached to the end of the URL path.
+    params = request.META['QUERY_STRING']
+
+    if url_path == '/' or url_path == '':
+        # If they don't provide any kind of query, shoot a quick error message.
+        return HttpResponse('No API query specified.')
+    
+    # The query system will retrieve a cached_doc that was either previously
+    # or newly cached depending on cache intervals.
+    cached_doc = CachedDocument.objects.api_query(url_path, params)
+    # Return the document's body as XML.
+    return HttpResponse(cached_doc.body, mimetype='text/xml')