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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2010, Florent Le Coz <louizatakk@fedoraproject.org>
+
+# 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 version 3 of the License.
+
+# 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# various useful functions
+
+import base64
+import os
+import mimetypes
+import hashlib
+
+def get_base64_from_file(path):
+    if not os.path.isfile(path):
+        return (None, None, "File does not exist")
+    size = os.path.getsize(path)
+    if size > 16384:
+        return (None, None,"File is too big")
+    fd = open(path, 'rb')
+    data = fd.read()
+    encoded = base64.encodestring(data)
+    sha1 = hashlib.sha1(data).hexdigest()
+    mime_type = mimetypes.guess_type(path)[0]
+    return (encoded, mime_type, sha1)