Load the lists descriptions from Mailman dynamically

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/hyperkitty/views/pages.py b/hyperkitty/views/pages.py
index d3f2b0b..6ec7f7b 100644
--- a/hyperkitty/views/pages.py
+++ b/hyperkitty/views/pages.py
@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@
 # HyperKitty.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 # Author: Aamir Khan <syst3m.w0rm@gmail.com>
+# Author: Aurelien Bompard <abompard@fedoraproject.org>
 #
 
+
+import urllib2
+
+import django.utils.simplejson as json
+
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from mailmanclient import Client
 
 from hyperkitty.lib import get_store
 from forms import SearchForm
@@ -35,3 +43,23 @@ def index(request):
         'search_form': SearchForm(auto_id=False),
         }
     return render(request, "index.html", context)
+
+
+def list_properties(request):
+    """Get JSON encoded list properties"""
+    store = get_store(request)
+    lists = store.get_lists()
+    client = Client('%s/3.0' % settings.MAILMAN_REST_SERVER,
+                    settings.MAILMAN_API_USER, settings.MAILMAN_API_PASS)
+    props = {}
+    for ml in lists:
+        try:
+            mm_list = client.get_list(ml.name)
+        except urllib2.HTTPError:
+            continue
+        props[ml.name] = {
+            "display_name": mm_list.display_name,
+            "description": mm_list.settings["description"],
+        }
+    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(props),
+                        mimetype='application/javascript')