Utility Functions (fborm.util)

fborm.util.comma_or_space_split(sdata)

smart comma splitting that can deal with empty sets.

>>> comma_or_space_split(' asdf, ,, a   df , ,,   sad f,')
['asdf', 'a', 'df', 'sad', 'f']
>>> comma_or_space_split(',asdf,')
['asdf']
>>> comma_or_space_split(' asdf ')
['asdf']

fborm.util.download(url)

fborm.util.download_to_file(url, filename)