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+# Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
+# https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
+
+"""Implemention of the hotlist issues list output as a CSV file."""
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from features import hotlistissues
+from framework import framework_views
+from framework import csv_helpers
+from framework import permissions
+from framework import xsrf
+
+
+# TODO(jojwang): can be refactored even more, see similarities with
+# IssueListCsv
+class HotlistIssuesCsv(hotlistissues.HotlistIssues):
+  """HotlistIssuesCsv provides to the user a list of issues as a CSV document.
+
+  Overrides the standard HotlistIssues servlet but uses a different EZT template
+  to provide the same content as the HotlistIssues only as CSV. Adds the HTTP
+  header to offer the result as a download.
+  """
+
+  _PAGE_TEMPLATE = 'tracker/issue-list-csv.ezt'
+
+  def GatherPageData(self, mr):
+    if not mr.auth.user_id:
+      raise permissions.PermissionException(
+          'Anonymous users are not allowed to download hotlist CSV')
+
+    owner_id = mr.hotlist.owner_ids[0]  # only one owner allowed
+    users_by_id = framework_views.MakeAllUserViews(
+        mr.cnxn, self.services.user,
+        [owner_id])
+    owner = users_by_id[owner_id]
+
+    # Try to validate XSRF by either user email or user ID.
+    try:
+      xsrf.ValidateToken(
+          mr.token, mr.auth.user_id,
+          '/u/%s/hotlists/%s.do' % (owner.email, mr.hotlist.name))
+    except xsrf.TokenIncorrect:
+      xsrf.ValidateToken(
+          mr.token, mr.auth.user_id,
+          '/u/%s/hotlists/%s.do' % (owner.user_id, mr.hotlist.name))
+
+    # Sets headers to allow the response to be downloaded.
+    self.content_type = 'text/csv; charset=UTF-8'
+    download_filename = 'hotlist_%d-issues.csv' % mr.hotlist_id
+    self.response.headers.add(
+        'Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename=%s' % download_filename)
+    self.response.headers.add('X-Content-Type-Options', 'nosniff')
+
+    mr.ComputeColSpec(mr.hotlist)
+    mr.col_spec = csv_helpers.RewriteColspec(mr.col_spec)
+    page_data = hotlistissues.HotlistIssues.GatherPageData(self, mr)
+    return csv_helpers.ReformatRowsForCSV(
+        mr, page_data, '%d/csv' % mr.hotlist_id)