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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
+
+"""Helper functions for creating CSV pagedata."""
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import types
+
+from framework import framework_helpers
+
+
+# Whenever the user request one of these columns, we replace it with the
+# list of alternate columns.  In effect, we split the requested column
+# into two CSV columns.
+_CSV_COLS_TO_REPLACE = {
+    'summary': ['Summary', 'AllLabels'],
+    'opened': ['Opened', 'OpenedTimestamp'],
+    'closed': ['Closed', 'ClosedTimestamp'],
+    'modified': ['Modified', 'ModifiedTimestamp'],
+    'ownermodified': ['OwnerModified', 'OwnerModifiedTimestamp'],
+    'statusmodified': ['StatusModified', 'StatusModifiedTimestamp'],
+    'componentmodified': ['ComponentModified', 'ComponentModifiedTimestamp'],
+    'ownerlastvisit': ['OwnerLastVisit', 'OwnerLastVisitDaysAgo'],
+    }
+
+
+def RewriteColspec(col_spec):
+  """Rewrite the given colspec to expand special CSV columns."""
+  new_cols = []
+
+  for col in col_spec.split():
+    rewriten_cols = _CSV_COLS_TO_REPLACE.get(col.lower(), [col])
+    new_cols.extend(rewriten_cols)
+
+  return ' '.join(new_cols)
+
+
+def ReformatRowsForCSV(mr, page_data, url_path):
+  """Rewrites/adds to the given page_data so the CSV templates can use it."""
+  # CSV files are at risk for the PDF content sniffing by Acrobat Reader
+  page_data['prevent_sniffing'] = True
+
+  # If we're truncating the results, add a URL to the next page of results
+  page_data['next_csv_link'] = None
+  pagination = page_data['pagination']
+  if pagination.next_url:
+    page_data['next_csv_link'] = framework_helpers.FormatAbsoluteURL(
+        mr, url_path, start=pagination.last)
+    page_data['item_count'] = pagination.last - pagination.start + 1
+
+  for row in page_data['table_data']:
+    for cell in row.cells:
+      for value in cell.values:
+        value.item = EscapeCSV(value.item)
+  return page_data
+
+
+def EscapeCSV(s):
+  """Return a version of string S that is safe as part of a CSV file."""
+  if s is None:
+    return ''
+  if isinstance(s, types.StringTypes):
+    s = s.strip().replace('"', '""')
+    # Prefix any formula cells because some spreadsheets have built-in
+    # formila functions that can actually have side-effects on the user's
+    # computer.
+    if s.startswith(('=', '-', '+', '@')):
+      s = "'" + s
+
+  return s