def paginate(request, qs, url=None):
try:
limit = int(request.GET.get('limit', 5))
except ValueError:
limit = 5
if limit > 100:
limit = 5
try:
page = int(request.GET.get('page', 1))
except ValueError:
raise Http404
paginator = Paginator(qs, limit)
try:
page = paginator.page(page)
except EmptyPage:
page = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)
if url == 'hot':
paginator.baseurl = '/hot/?page='
elif url == 'new':
paginator.baseurl = '/new/?page='
else:
paginator.baseurl = '/?page='
paginator.startdiv = page.number - 2
paginator.enddiv = page.number + 2
return page
