def zipcode_detail(request,slug):
cache_key = "zipcode_detail slug=%s" % slug
response = safe_get_cache(cache_key)
if not response:
place = get_object_or_404(ZipCode,id=slug)
#title = "ZIP Code %s in %s, %s" % (place, place.county.long_name, place.county.state)
if place.state:
title = "ZIP Code %s, %s" % (place, place.state)
else:
title = "ZIP Code %s" % place
response=render_to_response("places/place_detail.html",{
'title':title,
'place':place,
'demographics':getattr(place.population_demographics,'__dict__',{}),
'place_type':"zipcode"
},context_instance=RequestContext(request))
safe_set_cache(cache_key,response,604800)
# It's likely that the user will go to the State's page from here (since it's linked
# from the detail page). Call it right now to pre-cache it.
if (not USING_DUMMY_CACHE) and (place.state):
call_in_bg(state_detail,(None,place.state.slug))
return response
def random_place(request):
"""
If a random place is in the cache, use it and return that to the user.
If not, generate one right now.
Before returning to the user, queue up a background task that generates
the next random place, to save DB/CPU usage when responding to user. (Prevents
this view from locking up while Django picks a suitable random object.)
"""
cache_key = "random_place"
response = safe_get_cache(cache_key)
if not response:
response = seed_next_random()
# Pre-generate the next random location.
if not USING_DUMMY_CACHE:
call_in_bg(seed_next_random)
return response
def seed_next_random():
"""
Generates a redirect view to a random Place object (State or County)
and caches it. Picking a random place is expensive on the DB and CPU since there
are over 40000 objects that it picks from, which strains the DB (since it causes
an iteration over the objects to select the ID).
See random_place() below, for notes on usage.
"""
response = None
while not response:
try:
PlaceClass = rand_choice([State,County])
# Cached list of all of the ID numbers for this place type.
cache_key = "all_ids: %s" % (PlaceClass.__name__)
all_ids = safe_get_cache(cache_key)
if not all_ids:
all_ids = PlaceClass.objects.only('id').order_by().values_list('pk') # [(0,),(1,),...]
all_ids = map(lambda x: x[0], all_ids) # pull ID out of tuples for a "regular" list
safe_set_cache(cache_key,all_ids,604800)
rand_id = rand_choice(all_ids)
if PlaceClass.__name__ == "County":
place = PlaceClass.objects.get(pk=rand_id)
url = reverse("places:county_detail",args=(place.state.abbr.lower(),urlencode(place.name.lower())),current_app="places")
call_in_bg(county_detail, (None, place.state.abbr.lower(),urlencode(place.name.lower())))
else:
place = PlaceClass.objects.only('slug').get(pk=rand_id)
url = reverse("places:state_detail",args=(place.slug,),current_app="places")
call_in_bg(state_detail, (None, place.slug))
response = HttpResponseRedirect(url)
except:
from traceback import print_exc
print_exc()
response = None
safe_set_cache("random_place",response,604800)
return response
def county_detail(request,state_abbr,name):
cache_key = "county_detail state_abbr=%s name=%s" % (state_abbr, name)
response = safe_get_cache(cache_key)
if not response:
place = get_object_or_404(County,state__abbr__iexact=state_abbr,name__iexact=name)
title = u"%s, %s" % (place.long_name, place.state)
response=render_to_response("places/place_detail.html",{
'title':title,
'place':place,
'demographics':getattr(place.population_demographics,'__dict__',{}),
'place_type':'county'
},context_instance=RequestContext(request))
safe_set_cache(cache_key,response,86400)
if (not USING_DUMMY_CACHE) and (place.state):
call_in_bg(state_detail,(None,place.state.slug))
return response