Document upload and metadata input working

apps/common/utils.py

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+from django.utils.http import urlquote  as django_urlquote
+from django.utils.http import urlencode as django_urlencode
+from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
+
+def urlquote(link=None, get={}):
+    u'''
+    This method does both: urlquote() and urlencode()
+
+    urlqoute(): Quote special characters in 'link'
+
+    urlencode(): Map dictionary to query string key=value&...
+
+    HTML escaping is not done.
+
+    Example:
+
+      urlquote('/wiki/Python_(programming_language)')     --> '/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29'
+      urlquote('/mypath/', {'key': 'value'})              --> '/mypath/?key=value'
+      urlquote('/mypath/', {'key': ['value1', 'value2']}) --> '/mypath/?key=value1&key=value2'
+      urlquote({'key': ['value1', 'value2']})             --> 'key=value1&key=value2'
+    '''
+    assert link or get
+    if isinstance(link, dict):
+        # urlqoute({'key': 'value', 'key2': 'value2'}) --> key=value&key2=value2
+        assert not get, get
+        get=link
+        link=''
+    assert isinstance(get, dict), 'wrong type "%s", dict required' % type(get)
+    #assert not (link.startswith('http://') or link.startswith('https://')), \
+    #    'This method should only quote the url path. It should not start with http(s)://  (%s)' % (
+    #    link)
+    if get:
+        # http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/9089
+        if isinstance(get, MultiValueDict):
+            get=get.lists()
+        if link:
+            link='%s?' % django_urlquote(link)
+        return u'%s%s' % (link, django_urlencode(get, doseq=True))
+    else:
+        return django_urlquote(link)