Converted whole project to a smarter method of defining app settings

apps/main/api.py

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.utils.functional import lazy
+from django.conf import settings as django_settings
+from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 
 diagnostics = {}
 tools = {}
 reverse_lazy = lazy(reverse, str)
+settings = {}
 
 
 def register_diagnostic(namespace, title, link):
@@ -20,3 +23,47 @@ def register_tool(link, title=None, namespace=None):
     link['url'] = link.get('url', reverse_lazy(link['view']))
     namespace_dict['links'].append(link)
     tools[namespace] = namespace_dict
+
+
+def register_setting(namespace, module, name, global_name, default, exists=False, description=u'', hidden=False):
+    # Create namespace if it doesn't exists
+    settings.setdefault(namespace, [])
+    
+    # If passed a string and not a module, import it
+    if isinstance(module, basestring):
+        module = import_module(module)
+    
+    setting = {
+        'module': module,
+        'name': name,
+        'global_name': global_name,
+        'exists': exists,
+        'description': description,
+        'default': default,
+        'hidden': hidden,
+    }
+    
+    # Avoid multiple appends
+    if setting not in settings[namespace]:
+        settings[namespace].append(setting)
+        
+    # Get the global value
+    value = getattr(django_settings, global_name, default)
+    
+    # Create the local entity
+    setattr(module, name, value)
+    return value
+
+
+def register_settings(namespace, module, settings):
+    for setting in settings:
+        register_setting(
+            namespace,
+            module,
+            setting['name'],
+            setting['global_name'],
+            setting['default'],
+            setting.get('exists', False),
+            setting.get('description', u''),
+            setting.get('hidden', False),
+        )