Project introduction

The purpose of this project is to hold Python programming code related to TeamDynamix.

Dependencies

The API portion of this code has now been moved to borwick/tdapi.

Folders within this project

app: Django code (currently empty)
requirements: Helpful starter requirements depending on what environment you're in, e.g. development vs. production.
td: Django settings.

How to start

Python virtualenv

The below will set up a virtual environment for this project called td:

mkvirtualenv td
pip install -r requirements/dev.txt

You should make sure to use this virtual environment whenever you use this code.

Generating a Django secret key

from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string

chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*(-_=+)'
get_random_string(50, chars)

Your local settings

Create td/settings/local_settings.py and put in it...

	SECRET_KEY='put-django-secret-key-here'
    BEID='beid-string-goes-here'
    WebServicesKey='web-services-key-goes-here'

The source for BEID and WebServicesKey is in TeamDynamix on the home page of the Admin app.

How to use

The code in td/settings/common.py will create a Django setting called TD_CONNECTION. This is then used by the API to let you do things like this:

from tdapi.project import TDProject
current_projects = TDProject.objects.current()
for project in current_projects:
    url = project.td_url
	start_date = project.start_date

Heads up/issues

Eventually I will try to remove the Django dependency in tdapi, at which point there may be more things to do in your Django settings file to create the TeamDynamix connection.