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+# 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 2 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 LICENSE for more details.
+#
+# Copyright: Red Hat Inc. 2017
+# Author: Amador Pahim <apahim@redhat.com>
+
+"""
+Provides VM images acquired from official repositories
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+import tempfile
+import urllib2
+import uuid
+
+try:
+    import lzma
+    LZMA_CAPABLE = True
+except ImportError:
+    LZMA_CAPABLE = False
+
+from HTMLParser import HTMLParser
+
+from . import asset
+from . import path as utils_path
+from . import process
+
+
+class ImageProviderError(Exception):
+    """
+    Generic error class for ImageProvider
+    """
+
+
+class VMImageHtmlParser(HTMLParser):
+    """
+    Custom HTML parser to extract the href items that match
+    a given pattern
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, pattern):
+        HTMLParser.__init__(self)
+        self.items = []
+        self.pattern = pattern
+
+    def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
+        if tag != 'a':
+            return
+        for attr in attrs:
+            if attr[0] == 'href' and re.match(self.pattern, attr[1]):
+                self.items.append(attr[1].strip('/'))
+
+
+class ImageProviderBase(object):
+    """
+    Base class to define the common methods and attributes of an
+    image. Intended to be sub-classed by the specific image providers.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, version, build, arch):
+
+        self.url_versions = None
+        self.url_images = None
+        self.image_pattern = None
+
+        self._version = version
+        self._best_version = None
+        self.build = build
+        self.arch = arch
+
+    @property
+    def version(self):
+        return self._best_version or self.get_version()
+
+    def get_version(self):
+        """
+        Probes the higher version available for the current parameters.
+        """
+        pattern = '^%s/$' % self._version
+        parser = VMImageHtmlParser(pattern)
+        try:
+            parser.feed(urllib2.urlopen(self.url_versions).read())
+        except urllib2.HTTPError:
+            raise ImageProviderError('Cannot open %s' % self.url_versions)
+        if parser.items:
+            resulting_versions = []
+            for version in parser.items:
+                # Trying to convert version to int or float so max()
+                # can compare numerical values.
+                try:
+                    # Can it be converted to integer?
+                    resulting_versions.append(int(version))
+                except ValueError:
+                    try:
+                        # Can it be converted to float?
+                        resulting_versions.append(float(version))
+                    except ValueError:
+                        # So it's juat a string
+                        resulting_versions.append(version)
+            self._best_version = max(resulting_versions)
+            return self._best_version
+        else:
+            raise ImageProviderError('Version not available at %s' %
+                                     self.url_versions)
+
+    def get_image_url(self):
+        """
+        Probes the higher image available for the current parameters.
+        """
+        url_images = self.url_images.format(version=self.version,
+                                            build=self.build,
+                                            arch=self.arch)
+        image = self.image_pattern.format(version=self.version,
+                                          build=self.build,
+                                          arch=self.arch)
+        parser = VMImageHtmlParser(image)
+        try:
+            content = urllib2.urlopen(url_images).read()
+            parser.feed(content)
+        except urllib2.HTTPError:
+            raise ImageProviderError('Cannot open %s' % url_images)
+
+        if parser.items:
+            return url_images + max(parser.items)
+        else:
+            raise ImageProviderError("No images matching '%s' at '%s'. "
+                                     "Wrong arch?" % (image, url_images))
+
+
+class FedoraImageProvider(ImageProviderBase):
+    """
+    Fedora Image Provider
+    """
+
+    name = 'Fedora'
+
+    def __init__(self, version='[0-9]+', build='[0-9]+.[0-9]+',
+                 arch=os.uname()[4]):
+        super(FedoraImageProvider, self).__init__(version, build, arch)
+        self.url_versions = 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/'
+        self.url_images = self.url_versions + '{version}/CloudImages/{arch}/images/'
+        self.image_pattern = 'Fedora-Cloud-Base-{version}-{build}.{arch}.qcow2$'
+
+
+class FedoraSecondaryImageProvider(ImageProviderBase):
+    """
+    Fedora Secondary Image Provider
+    """
+
+    name = 'FedoraSecondary'
+
+    def __init__(self, version='[0-9]+', build='[0-9]+.[0-9]+',
+                 arch=os.uname()[4]):
+        super(FedoraSecondaryImageProvider, self).__init__(version, build,
+                                                           arch)
+        self.url_versions = 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/'
+        self.url_images = self.url_versions + '{version}/CloudImages/{arch}/images/'
+        self.image_pattern = 'Fedora-Cloud-Base-{version}-{build}.{arch}.qcow2$'
+
+
+class CentOSImageProvider(ImageProviderBase):
+    """
+    CentOS Image Provider
+    """
+
+    name = 'CentOS'
+
+    def __init__(self, version='[0-9]+', build='[0-9]{4}', arch=os.uname()[4]):
+        super(CentOSImageProvider, self).__init__(version, build, arch)
+        self.url_versions = 'https://cloud.centos.org/centos/'
+        self.url_images = self.url_versions + '{version}/images/'
+        if LZMA_CAPABLE:
+            self.image_pattern = 'CentOS-{version}-{arch}-GenericCloud-{build}.qcow2.xz$'
+        else:
+            self.image_pattern = 'CentOS-{version}-{arch}-GenericCloud-{build}.qcow2$'
+
+
+class UbuntuImageProvider(ImageProviderBase):
+    """
+    Ubuntu Image Provider
+    """
+
+    name = 'Ubuntu'
+
+    def __init__(self, version='[0-9]+.[0-9]+', build=None,
+                 arch=os.uname()[4]):
+        super(UbuntuImageProvider, self).__init__(version, build, arch)
+        self.url_versions = 'http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/'
+        self.url_images = self.url_versions + 'releases/{version}/release/'
+        self.image_pattern = 'ubuntu-{version}-server-cloudimg-{arch}.img'
+
+
+class DebianImageProvider(ImageProviderBase):
+    """
+    Debian Image Provider
+    """
+
+    name = 'Debian'
+
+    def __init__(self, version='[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-.*', build=None,
+                 arch=os.uname()[4]):
+        super(DebianImageProvider, self).__init__(version, build, arch)
+        self.url_versions = 'https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/'
+        self.url_images = self.url_versions + '{version}/'
+        self.image_pattern = 'debian-{version}-openstack-{arch}.qcow2$'
+
+
+class Image(object):
+    def __init__(self, name, url, version, arch, checksum, algorithm,
+                 cache_dir):
+        self.name = name
+        self.url = url
+        self.version = version
+        self.arch = arch
+        self.checksum = checksum
+        self.algorithm = algorithm
+        self.cache_dir = cache_dir
+
+        self._path = None
+        self._base_image = None
+        self.get()
+
+    @property
+    def path(self):
+        return self._path or self.get()
+
+    @property
+    def base_image(self):
+        return self._base_image
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<%s name=%s version=%s arch=%s>" % (self.__class__.__name__,
+                                                    self.name,
+                                                    self.version,
+                                                    self.arch)
+
+    def get(self):
+        asset_path = asset.Asset(name=self.url,
+                                 asset_hash=self.checksum,
+                                 algorithm=self.algorithm,
+                                 locations=None,
+                                 cache_dirs=[self.cache_dir],
+                                 expire=None).fetch()
+
+        if os.path.splitext(asset_path)[1] == '.xz':
+            asset_path = self._extract(asset_path)
+
+        self._base_image = asset_path
+        self._path = self._take_snapshot()
+        return self._path
+
+    def _take_snapshot(self):
+        """
+        Takes a snapshot from the current image.
+        """
+        qemu_img = utils_path.find_command('qemu-img')
+        name, extension = os.path.splitext(self.base_image)
+        new_image = '%s-%s%s' % (name, str(uuid.uuid4()).split('-')[0],
+                                 extension)
+        cmd = '%s create -f qcow2 -b %s %s' % (qemu_img,
+                                               self.base_image,
+                                               new_image)
+        process.run(cmd)
+        return new_image
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract(path, force=False):
+        """
+        Extracts a XZ compressed file to the same directory.
+        """
+        extracted_file = os.path.splitext(path)[0]
+        if not force and os.path.exists(extracted_file):
+            return extracted_file
+        with open(path, 'r') as file_obj:
+            with open(extracted_file, 'wb') as newfile_obj:
+                newfile_obj.write(lzma.decompress(file_obj.read()))
+        return extracted_file
+
+
+def get(name=None, version=None, build=None, arch=None, checksum=None,
+        algorithm=None, cache_dir=None):
+    """
+    Wrapper to get the best Image Provider, according to the parameters
+    provided.
+
+    :param name: (optional) Name of the Image Provider, usually matches
+                 the distro name.
+    :param version: (optional) Version of the system image.
+    :param build: (optional) Build number of the system image.
+    :param arch: (optional) Architecture of the system image.
+    :param checksum: (optional) Hash of the system image to match after
+                     download.
+    :param algorithm: (optional) Hash type, used when the checksum is
+                      provided.
+    :param cache_dir: (optional) Local system path where the images and
+                      the snapshots will be held.
+
+    :returns: Image Provider instance that can provide the image
+              according to the parameters.
+    """
+
+    if name is not None:
+        name = name.lower()
+
+    if cache_dir is None:
+        cache_dir = tempfile.gettempdir()
+
+    providers_list = list_providers()
+    provider_args = {}
+    if version is not None:
+        provider_args['version'] = version
+    if build is not None:
+        provider_args['build'] = version
+    if arch is not None:
+        provider_args['arch'] = arch
+
+    for provider in providers_list:
+        if name is None or name == provider.name.lower():
+            cls = provider(**provider_args)
+            try:
+                return Image(name=cls.name,
+                             url=cls.get_image_url(),
+                             version=cls.version,
+                             arch=cls.arch,
+                             checksum=checksum,
+                             algorithm=algorithm,
+                             cache_dir=cache_dir)
+            except ImageProviderError:
+                pass
+
+    raise AttributeError('Provider not available')
+
+
+def list_providers():
+    """
+    List the available Image Providers
+    """
+    return [_ for _ in globals().itervalues()
+            if (_ != ImageProviderBase and
+                isinstance(_, type) and
+                issubclass(_, ImageProviderBase))]