+ def check_api_readable
+ if OSM_STATUS == :database_offline or OSM_STATUS == :api_offline
+ response.headers['Error'] = "Database offline for maintenance"
+ render :nothing => true, :status => :service_unavailable
+ return false
+ end
+ end
+
+ def check_api_writable
+ if OSM_STATUS == :database_offline or OSM_STATUS == :database_readonly or
+ OSM_STATUS == :api_offline or OSM_STATUS == :api_readonly
+ response.headers['Error'] = "Database offline for maintenance"
+ render :nothing => true, :status => :service_unavailable
+ return false
+ end
+ end
+
+ def require_public_data
+ unless @user.data_public?
+ response.headers['Error'] = "You must make your edits public to upload new data"
+ render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+ return false
+ end
+ end
+
+ # Report and error to the user
+ # (If anyone ever fixes Rails so it can set a http status "reason phrase",
+ # rather than only a status code and having the web engine make up a
+ # phrase from that, we can also put the error message into the status
+ # message. For now, rails won't let us)
+ def report_error(message, status = :bad_request)
+ # Todo: some sort of escaping of problem characters in the message
+ response.headers['Error'] = message
+ render :text => message, :status => status
+ end
+
+private
+
+ # extract authorisation credentials from headers, returns user = nil if none