def make_alert(self):
"""Generates an alert object based on the current attributes"""
attrs = {}
for attr in ('source', 'device', 'netbox', 'subid', 'time',
'event_type', 'state', 'value', 'severity'):
attrs[attr] = getattr(self, attr)
alert = Alert(**attrs)
alert.alert_type = self.get_alert_type()
alert.varmap = self
return alert
def alert():
alert = AlertQueue(source=Subsystem.objects.first(), time=datetime.now(),
value=1, severity=1)
alert.save()
yield alert
if alert.pk:
alert.delete()