diff -r b75f9514e797 -r 72696ca68c34 lib/shorturl.py
--- a/lib/shorturl.py	Wed Jan 16 16:28:03 2008 +0000
+++ b/lib/shorturl.py	Wed Jan 16 18:44:03 2008 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 from log import index
 
+import utils, db
+
 def int2key (id) :
     """
         Turn an integer into a short-as-possible url-safe string
@@ -37,6 +39,18 @@
 
     raise Exception("ID overflow: %s" % id)
 
+def key2int (key) :
+    # base64 ignores extra padding, but if it doesn't, it's (4 - len%4), if len%4 != 0
+    bytes = base64.b64decode(key + '='*6, '-_')
+    
+    type = {
+        1: 'B',
+        2: 'H',
+        4: 'I',
+    }[len(bytes)]
+
+    return struct.unpack(type, bytes)[0]
+
 def updateDB (root) :
     """
         DeGAL <= 0.2 used a simple key => path mapping, but now we use
@@ -143,3 +157,27 @@
 
         return ret
 
+def html_path (key, index=None) :
+    dir, fname = image_info(key)
+
+    return utils.url(dir, fname + '.html')
+
+def image_info (key) :
+    res = db.select("""SELECT dirpath, filename FROM images WHERE id=?""", key2int(key)).fetchone()
+    
+    if res :
+        return res
+
+    else :
+        raise KeyError(key)
+   
+def get_images (keys) :
+    res = [db.select("""SELECT dirpath, filename FROM images WHERE id=?""", key2int(key)).fetchone() for key in keys]
+
+    # don't mind if we don't get as many as we asked for?
+    if res :
+        return res
+
+    else :
+        raise KeyError(keys)
+