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# IVLE - Informatics Virtual Learning Environment
# Copyright (C) 2007-2008 The University of Melbourne
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
# Module: Database
# Author: Matt Giuca
# Date: 15/2/2008
# Code to talk to the PostgreSQL database.
# (This is the Data Access Layer).
# All DB code should be in this module to ensure portability if we want to
# change the DB implementation.
# This means no SQL strings should be outside of this module. Add functions
# here to perform the activities needed, and place the SQL code for those
# activities within.
# CAUTION to editors of this module.
# All string inputs must be sanitized by calling _escape before being
# formatted into an SQL query string.
import pg
import conf
import md5
import copy
def _escape(val):
"""Wrapper around pg.escape_string. Prepares the Python value for use in
SQL. Returns a string, which may be safely placed verbatim into an SQL
query.
Handles the following types:
* str: Escapes the string, and also quotes it.
* int/long/float: Just converts to an unquoted string.
* bool: Returns as "TRUE" or "FALSE", unquoted.
* NoneType: Returns "NULL", unquoted.
Raises a DBException if val has an unsupported type.
"""
# "E'" is postgres's way of making "escape" strings.
# Such strings allow backslashes to escape things. Since escape_string
# converts a single backslash into two backslashes, it needs to be fed
# into E mode.
# Ref: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-syntax-lexical.html
# WARNING: PostgreSQL-specific code
if val is None:
return "NULL"
elif isinstance(val, str):
return "E'" + pg.escape_string(val) + "'"
elif isinstance(val, bool):
return "TRUE" if val else "FALSE"
elif isinstance(val, int) or isinstance(val, long) \
or isinstance(val, float):
return str(val)
else:
raise DBException("Attempt to insert an unsupported type "
"into the database")
def _passhash(password):
return md5.md5(password).hexdigest()
class DBException(Exception):
"""A DBException is for bad conditions in the database or bad input to
these methods. If Postgres throws an exception it does not get rebadged.
This is only for additional exceptions."""
pass
class DB:
"""An IVLE database object. This object provides an interface to
interacting with the IVLE database without using any external SQL.
Most methods of this class have an optional dry argument. If true, they
will return the SQL query string and NOT actually execute it. (For
debugging purposes).
Methods may throw db.DBException, or any of the pg exceptions as well.
(In general, be prepared to catch exceptions!)
"""
def __init__(self):
"""Connects to the database and creates a DB object.
Takes no parameters - gets all the DB info from the configuration."""
self.db = pg.connect(dbname=conf.db_dbname, host=conf.db_host,
port=conf.db_port, user=conf.db_user, passwd=conf.db_password)
self.open = True
def __del__(self):
if self.open:
self.db.close()
# GENERIC DB FUNCTIONS #
@staticmethod
def check_dict(dict, tablefields, disallowed=frozenset([]), must=False):
"""Checks that a dict does not contain keys that are not fields
of the specified table.
dict: A mapping from string keys to values; the keys are checked to
see that they correspond to login table fields.
tablefields: Collection of strings for field names in the table.
Only these fields will be allowed.
disallowed: Optional collection of strings for field names that are
not allowed.
must: If True, the dict MUST contain all fields in tablefields.
If False, it may contain any subset of the fields.
Returns True if the dict is valid, False otherwise.
"""
allowed = frozenset(tablefields) - frozenset(disallowed)
dictkeys = frozenset(dict.keys())
if must:
return allowed == dictkeys
else:
return allowed.issuperset(dictkeys)
def insert(self, dict, tablename, tablefields, disallowed=frozenset([]),
dry=False):
"""Inserts a new row in a table, using data from a supplied
dictionary (which will be checked by check_dict).
dict: Dictionary mapping column names to values. The values may be
any of the following types:
str, int, long, float, NoneType.
tablename: String, name of the table to insert into. Will NOT be
escaped - must be a valid identifier.
tablefields, disallowed: see check_dict.
dry: Returns the SQL query as a string, and does not execute it.
Raises a DBException if the dictionary contains invalid fields.
"""
if not DB.check_dict(dict, tablefields, disallowed):
raise DBException("Supplied dictionary contains invalid fields.")
# Build two lists concurrently: field names and values, as SQL strings
fieldnames = []
values = []
for k,v in dict.items():
fieldnames.append(k)
values.append(_escape(v))
if len(fieldnames) == 0: return
fieldnames = ', '.join(fieldnames)
values = ', '.join(values)
query = ("INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES (%s);"
% (tablename, fieldnames, values))
if dry: return query
self.db.query(query)
def update(self, primarydict, updatedict, tablename, tablefields,
primary_keys, disallowed_update=frozenset([]), dry=False):
"""Updates a row in a table, matching against primarydict to find the
row, and using the data in updatedict (which will be checked by
check_dict).
primarydict: Dict mapping column names to values. The keys should be
the table's primary key. Only rows which match this dict's values
will be updated.
updatedict: Dict mapping column names to values. The columns will be
updated with the given values for the matched rows.
tablename, tablefields, disallowed_update: See insert.
primary_keys: Collection of strings which together form the primary
key for this table. primarydict must contain all of these as keys,
and only these keys.
"""
if (not (DB.check_dict(primarydict, primary_keys, must=True)
and DB.check_dict(updatedict, tablefields, disallowed_update))):
raise DBException("Supplied dictionary contains invalid or "
" missing fields.")
# Make a list of SQL fragments of the form "field = 'new value'"
# These fragments are ALREADY-ESCAPED
setlist = []
for k,v in updatedict.items():
setlist.append("%s = %s" % (k, _escape(v)))
wherelist = []
for k,v in primarydict.items():
wherelist.append("%s = %s" % (k, _escape(v)))
if len(setlist) == 0 or len(wherelist) == 0:
return
# Join the fragments into a comma-separated string
setstring = ', '.join(setlist)
wherestring = ' AND '.join(wherelist)
# Build the whole query as an UPDATE statement
query = ("UPDATE %s SET %s WHERE %s;"
% (tablename, setstring, wherestring))
if dry: return query
self.db.query(query)
def delete(self, primarydict, tablename, primary_keys, dry=False):
"""Deletes a row in the table, matching against primarydict to find
the row.
primarydict, tablename, primary_keys: See update.
"""
if not DB.check_dict(primarydict, primary_keys, must=True):
raise DBException("Supplied dictionary contains invalid or "
" missing fields.")
wherelist = []
for k,v in primarydict.items():
wherelist.append("%s = %s" % (k, _escape(v)))
if len(wherelist) == 0:
return
wherestring = ' AND '.join(wherelist)
query = ("DELETE FROM %s WHERE %s;" % (tablename, wherestring))
if dry: return query
self.db.query(query)
def get_single(self, primarydict, tablename, getfields, primary_keys,
error_notfound="No rows found", dry=False):
"""Retrieves a single row from a table, returning it as a dictionary
mapping field names to values. Matches against primarydict to find the
row.
primarydict, tablename, primary_keys: See update/delete.
getfields: Collection of strings; the field names which will be
returned as keys in the dictionary.
error_notfound: Error message if 0 rows match.
Raises a DBException if 0 rows match, with error_notfound as the msg.
Raises an AssertError if >1 rows match (this should not happen if
primary_keys is indeed the primary key).
"""
if not DB.check_dict(primarydict, primary_keys, must=True):
raise DBException("Supplied dictionary contains invalid or "
" missing fields.")
wherelist = []
for k,v in primarydict.items():
wherelist.append("%s = %s" % (k, _escape(v)))
if len(getfields) == 0 or len(wherelist) == 0:
return
# Join the fragments into a comma-separated string
getstring = ', '.join(getfields)
wherestring = ' AND '.join(wherelist)
# Build the whole query as an SELECT statement
query = ("SELECT %s FROM %s WHERE %s;"
% (getstring, tablename, wherestring))
if dry: return query
result = self.db.query(query)
# Expecting exactly one
if result.ntuples() != 1:
# It should not be possible for ntuples to be greater than 1
assert (result.ntuples() < 1)
raise DBException(error_notfound)
# Return as a dictionary
return result.dictresult()[0]
def get_all(self, tablename, getfields, dry=False):
"""Retrieves all rows from a table, returning it as a list of
dictionaries mapping field names to values.
tablename, getfields: See get_single.
"""
if len(getfields) == 0:
return
getstring = ', '.join(getfields)
query = ("SELECT %s FROM %s;" % (getstring, tablename))
if dry: return query
return self.db.query(query).dictresult()
# USER MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS #
login_primary = frozenset(["login"])
login_fields_list = [
"login", "passhash", "state", "unixid", "email", "nick", "fullname",
"rolenm", "studentid", "acct_exp", "pass_exp"
]
login_fields = frozenset(login_fields_list)
# Do not return passhash when reading from the DB
login_getfields = login_fields - frozenset(["passhash"])
def create_user(self, dry=False, **kwargs):
"""Creates a user login entry in the database.
All user fields are to be passed as args. The argument names
are the field names of the "login" table of the DB schema.
However, instead of supplying a "passhash", you must supply a
"password" argument, which will be hashed internally.
Also "state" must not given explicitly; it is implicitly set to
"no_agreement".
Raises an exception if the user already exists, or the dict contains
invalid keys or is missing required keys.
"""
if 'passhash' in kwargs:
raise DBException("Supplied arguments include passhash (invalid).")
# Make a copy of the dict. Change password to passhash (hashing it),
# and set 'state' to "no_agreement".
kwargs = copy.copy(kwargs)
kwargs['passhash'] = _passhash(kwargs['password'])
del kwargs['password']
kwargs['state'] = "no_agreement"
# Execute the query.
return self.insert(kwargs, "login", self.login_fields, dry=dry)
def update_user(self, login, dry=False, **kwargs):
"""Updates fields of a particular user. login is the name of the user
to update. The dict contains the fields which will be modified, and
their new values. If any value is omitted from the dict, it does not
get modified. login and studentid may not be modified.
Passhash may be modified by supplying a "password" field, in
cleartext, not a hashed password.
Note that no checking is done. It is expected this function is called
by a trusted source. In particular, it allows the password to be
changed without knowing the old password. The caller should check
that the user knows the existing password before calling this function
with a new one.
"""
if 'passhash' in kwargs:
raise DBException("Supplied arguments include passhash (invalid).")
if "password" in kwargs:
kwargs = copy.copy(kwargs)
kwargs['passhash'] = _passhash(kwargs['password'])
del kwargs['password']
return self.update({"login": login}, kwargs, "login",
self.login_fields, self.login_primary, ["login", "studentid"],
dry=dry)
def get_user(self, login, dry=False):
"""Given a login, returns a dictionary of the user's DB fields,
excluding the passhash field.
Raises a DBException if the login is not found in the DB.
"""
return self.get_single({"login": login}, "login",
self.login_getfields, self.login_primary,
error_notfound="get_user: No user with that login name", dry=dry)
def get_users(self, dry=False):
"""Returns a list of all users. The list elements are a dictionary of
the user's DB fields, excluding the passhash field.
"""
return self.get_all("login", self.login_getfields, dry=dry)
def user_authenticate(self, login, password, dry=False):
"""Performs a password authentication on a user. Returns True if
"passhash" is the correct passhash for the given login, False
otherwise.
Also returns False if the login does not exist (so if you want to
differentiate these cases, use get_user and catch an exception).
"""
query = ("SELECT login FROM login "
"WHERE login = '%s' AND passhash = %s;"
% (login, _escape(_passhash(password))))
if dry: return query
result = self.db.query(query)
# If one row was returned, succeed.
# Otherwise, fail to authenticate.
return result.ntuples() == 1
def close(self):
"""Close the DB connection. Do not call any other functions after
this. (The behaviour of doing so is undefined).
"""
self.db.close()
self.open = False
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