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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Thomas Amland
+#
+# 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, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# 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/>.
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import re
+import sys
+from urlparse import urlsplit, parse_qs
+from urllib import urlencode
+
+try:
+    import xbmc
+    import xbmcaddon
+    _addon_id = xbmcaddon.Addon().getAddonInfo('id')
+
+    def log(msg):
+        msg = "[%s][routing] %s" % (_addon_id, msg)
+        xbmc.log(msg, level=xbmc.LOGDEBUG)
+except ImportError:
+    def log(msg):
+        print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+class RoutingError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class Plugin(object):
+    """
+    :ivar handle: The plugin handle from kodi
+    :type handle: int
+
+    :ivar args: The parsed query string.
+    :type args: dict of byte strings
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, base_url=None):
+        self._rules = {}  # function to list of rules
+        self.handle = -1
+        #self.handle = int(sys.argv[1]) if sys.argv[1].isdigit() else -1
+        self.args = {}
+        self.base_url = base_url
+        if self.base_url is None:
+            self.base_url = "plugin://" + xbmcaddon.Addon().getAddonInfo('id')
+
+    def route_for(self, path):
+        """
+        Returns the view function for path.
+
+        :type path: byte string.
+        """
+        if path.startswith(self.base_url):
+            path = path.split(self.base_url, 1)[1]
+
+        for view_fun, rules in self._rules.iteritems():
+            for rule in rules:
+                if rule.match(path) is not None:
+                    return view_fun
+        return None
+
+    def url_for(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Construct and returns an URL for view function with give arguments.
+        """
+        if func in self._rules:
+            for rule in self._rules[func]:
+                path = rule.make_path(*args, **kwargs)
+                if path is not None:
+                    return self.url_for_path(path)
+        raise RoutingError("No known paths to '{0}' with args {1} and "
+                           "kwargs {2}".format(func.__name__, args, kwargs))
+
+    def url_for_path(self, path):
+        """
+        Returns the complete URL for a path.
+        """
+        path = path if path.startswith('/') else '/' + path
+        return self.base_url + path
+
+    def route(self, pattern):
+        """ Register a route. """
+        def decorator(func):
+            self.add_route(func, pattern)
+            return func
+        return decorator
+
+    def add_route(self, func, pattern):
+        """ Register a route. """
+        rule = UrlRule(pattern)
+        if func not in self._rules:
+            self._rules[func] = []
+        self._rules[func].append(rule)
+
+    def run(self, argv=sys.argv):
+        if len(argv) > 2:
+            self.args = parse_qs(argv[2].lstrip(b'?'))
+        path = urlsplit(argv[0]).path or '/'
+        self._dispatch(path)
+
+    def redirect(self, path):
+        self._dispatch(path)
+
+    def _dispatch(self, path):
+        for view_func, rules in self._rules.iteritems():
+            for rule in rules:
+                kwargs = rule.match(path)
+                if kwargs is not None:
+                    log("Dispatching to '%s', args: %s" % (view_func.__name__, kwargs))
+                    view_func(**kwargs)
+                    return
+        raise RoutingError('No route to path "%s"' % path)
+
+
+class UrlRule(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, pattern):
+        kw_pattern = r'<(?:[^:]+:)?([A-z]+)>'
+        self._pattern = re.sub(kw_pattern, '{\\1}', pattern)
+        self._keywords = re.findall(kw_pattern, pattern)
+
+        p = re.sub('<([A-z]+)>', '<string:\\1>', pattern)
+        p = re.sub('<string:([A-z]+)>', '(?P<\\1>[^/]+?)', p)
+        p = re.sub('<path:([A-z]+)>', '(?P<\\1>.*)', p)
+        self._compiled_pattern = p
+        self._regex = re.compile('^' + p + '$')
+
+    def match(self, path):
+        """
+        Check if path matches this rule. Returns a dictionary of the extracted
+        arguments if match, otherwise None.
+        """
+        # match = self._regex.search(urlsplit(path).path)
+        match = self._regex.search(path)
+        return match.groupdict() if match else None
+
+    def make_path(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Construct a path from arguments."""
+        if args and kwargs:
+            return None  # can't use both args and kwargs
+        if args:
+            # Replace the named groups %s and format
+            try:
+                return re.sub(r'{[A-z]+}', r'%s', self._pattern) % args
+            except TypeError:
+                return None
+
+        # We need to find the keys from kwargs that occur in our pattern.
+        # Unknown keys are pushed to the query string.
+        url_kwargs = dict(((k, v) for k, v in kwargs.items() if k in self._keywords))
+        qs_kwargs = dict(((k, v) for k, v in kwargs.items() if k not in self._keywords))
+
+        query = '?' + urlencode(qs_kwargs) if qs_kwargs else ''
+        try:
+            return self._pattern.format(**url_kwargs) + query
+        except KeyError:
+            return None
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return b"Rule(pattern=%s, keywords=%s)" % (self._pattern, self._keywords)