def header(): """return html header""" data = """ """ return data def footer(): """return html footer""" data = """ """ return data # create a unique session id def generate_session_id(): import md5, time, base64, random, string m = md5.new() m.update(str(time.time())) m.update(str(random.random())) return string.replace(base64.encodestring(m.digest())[:-3], '/', '$') def check_for_int(data): """ gets a string. if string is an integer: return integer. else return given string. """ #check if value is int num = [n for n in data if n.isdigit()] tmp = "".join(num) if tmp == data: ret = int(data) else: ret = data return ret