def generate_event(rand, start_time=None):
event = Event()
if not start_time:
start_time = datetime.datetime.utcnow().astimezone(pytz.utc)
event.datetime = start_time
event.name = random_event_name(rand)
event.short = event.name
event.targetamount = Decimal('1000.00')
event.clean()
return event
def get_event(event):
if event:
if isinstance(event, Event):
return event
try:
if re.match(r'^\d+$', event):
return Event.objects.get(id=event)
else:
return Event.objects.get(short=event)
except Event.DoesNotExist:
raise Http404
e = Event()
e.id = None
e.name = 'All Events'
return e
