Disable notify_new_message calls in testing and populate_db

(imported from commit 07a0fea4173e2e27a90ac5f111927f0000377764)

humbug/settings.py

@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ INITIAL_API_KEY_SALT  = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 # FIXME: store this password more securely
 SHARED_SECRET = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
 
+# Are we running in an environment with the Tornado server?
+# This should be True for both deployment and local development.
+# We set it to False when running tests or populate_db.
+HAVE_TORNADO_SERVER = True
+
 # URL where Django code posts to the Tornado code to notify of new messages
 NOTIFY_NEW_MESSAGE_URL = 'http://localhost:9993/notify_new_message'
 

zephyr/management/commands/populate_db.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import datetime
 import random
 from optparse import make_option
 
+settings.HAVE_TORNADO_SERVER = False
+
 def create_users(name_list):
     for name, email in name_list:
         (short_name, domain) = email.split("@")

zephyr/models.py

@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ def do_send_message(message, synced_from_mit=False, no_log=False):
         for user_profile in recipients:
             UserMessage(user_profile=user_profile, message=message).save()
 
+    # We can only publish messages to longpolling clients if the Tornado server is running.
+    if settings.HAVE_TORNADO_SERVER:
         requests.post(settings.NOTIFY_NEW_MESSAGE_URL, data=[
                ('secret',  settings.SHARED_SECRET),
                ('message', message.id)]

zephyr/tests.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import re
 
 settings.MESSAGE_LOG = "/tmp/test-message-log"
 settings.EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.locmem.EmailBackend'
+settings.HAVE_TORNADO_SERVER = False
 
 
 def find_key_by_email(address):