Use import_string

Signed-off-by: Chris Lamb <chris@chris-lamb.co.uk>

django_slack/api.py

@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.template import Engine
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
 from . import app_settings
-from .utils import from_dotted_path
 
 engine = Engine(
     app_dirs=True,
     builtins=['django_slack.templatetags.escapeslack'],
 )
 
-backend = from_dotted_path(app_settings.BACKEND)()
+backend = import_string(app_settings.BACKEND)()
 
 def slack_message(template, context=None, attachments=None, fail_silently=app_settings.FAIL_SILENTLY):
     data = {}

django_slack/backends.py

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 from six.moves import urllib
 
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
+
 from . import app_settings
-from .utils import Backend, from_dotted_path
+from .utils import Backend
 
 class UrllibBackend(Backend):
     def send(self, url, data):
@@ -45,12 +47,12 @@ def send(self, url, data):
 else:
     @shared_task
     def celery_send(*args, **kwargs):
-        from_dotted_path(app_settings.BACKEND_FOR_QUEUE)().send(*args, **kwargs)
+        import_string(app_settings.BACKEND_FOR_QUEUE)().send(*args, **kwargs)
 
     class CeleryBackend(Backend):
         def __init__(self):
             # Check we can import our specified backend up-front
-            from_dotted_path(app_settings.BACKEND_FOR_QUEUE)()
+            import_string(app_settings.BACKEND_FOR_QUEUE)()
 
         def send(self, *args, **kwargs):
             # Send asynchronously via Celery

django_slack/utils.py

@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 import json
 
-def from_dotted_path(fullpath):
-    """
-    Returns the specified attribute of a module, specified by a string.
-
-    ``from_dotted_path('a.b.c.d')`` is roughly equivalent to::
-
-        from a.b.c import d
-
-    except that ``d`` is returned and not entered into the current namespace.
-    """
-
-    module, attr = fullpath.rsplit('.', 1)
-
-    return getattr(__import__(module, {}, {}, (attr,)), attr)
-
 class Backend(object):
     def send(self, url, data):
         raise NotImplementedError()