diff --git a/examples/openidexample/openidexample.py b/examples/openidexample/openidexample.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-    OpenID Example
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-    This simple application shows how OpenID can be used in an application.
-
-    Dependencies:
-
-    -   python-openid
-    -   SQLAlchemy
-
-    :copyright: (c) 2010 by Armin Ronacher.
-    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
-"""
-from flask import Flask, render_template, request, g, session, flash, \
-     redirect, url_for, abort
-from simpleopenid import SimpleOpenID
-
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, Integer, String
-from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
-from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
-
-# configuration
-DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:////tmp/openidexample.db'
-OPENID_FS_PATH = '/tmp/openidexample-store'
-SECRET_KEY = 'development key'
-DEBUG = True
-
-# setup flask
-app = Flask(__name__)
-app.debug = DEBUG
-app.secret_key = SECRET_KEY
-
-# setup simpleopenid
-oid = SimpleOpenID(OPENID_FS_PATH)
-
-# setup sqlalchemy
-engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URI)
-db_session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(autocommit=False,
-                                         autoflush=False,
-                                         bind=engine))
-Base = declarative_base()
-Base.query = db_session.query_property()
-
-def init_db():
-    Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
-
-
-class User(Base):
-    __tablename__ = 'users'
-    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
-    name = Column(String(60))
-    email = Column(String(200))
-    openid = Column(String(200))
-
-    def __init__(self, name, email, openid):
-        self.name = name
-        self.email = email
-        self.openid = openid
-
-
-@app.before_request
-def before_request():
-    g.user = None
-    if 'openid' in session:
-        g.user = User.query.filter_by(openid=session['openid']).first()
-
-
-@app.route('/')
-def index():
-    return render_template('index.html')
-
-
-@app.route('/login', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-@oid.loginhandler
-def login():
-    """Does the login via OpenID.  Has to call into `oid.try_login`
-    to start the OpenID machinery.
-    """
-    # if we are already logged in, go back to were we came from
-    if g.user is not None:
-        return redirect(oid.get_next_url())
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        openid = request.form.get('openid')
-        if openid:
-            return oid.try_login(openid)
-    return render_template('login.html', next_url=oid.get_next_url())
-
-
-@oid.after_login
-def create_or_login(identity_url):
-    """This is called when login with OpenID succeeded and it's not
-    necessary to figure out if this is the users's first login or not.
-    This function has to redirect otherwise the user will be presented
-    with a terrible URL which we certainly don't want.
-    """
-    session['openid'] = identity_url
-    user = User.query.filter_by(openid=identity_url).first()
-    if user is not None:
-        flash(u'Successfully signed in')
-        g.user = user
-        return redirect(oid.get_next_url())
-    return redirect(url_for('create_profile', next=oid.get_next_url()))
-
-
-@app.route('/create-profile', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-def create_profile():
-    """If this is the user's first login, the create_or_login function
-    will redirect here so that the user can set up his profile.
-    """
-    if g.user is not None or 'openid' not in session:
-        return redirect(url_for('index'))
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        name = request.form['name']
-        email = request.form['email']
-        if not name:
-            flash(u'Error: you have to provide a name')
-        elif '@' not in email:
-            flash(u'Error: you have to enter a valid email address')
-        else:
-            flash(u'Profile successfully created')
-            db_session.add(User(name, email, session['openid']))
-            db_session.commit()
-            return redirect(oid.get_next_url())
-    return render_template('create_profile.html', next_url=oid.get_next_url())
-
-
-@app.route('/profile', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-def edit_profile():
-    """Updates a profile"""
-    if g.user is None:
-        abort(401)
-    form = dict(name=g.user.name, email=g.user.email)
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        if 'delete' in request.form:
-            db_session.delete(g.user)
-            db_session.commit()
-            session['openid'] = None
-            flash(u'Profile deleted')
-            return redirect(url_for('index'))
-        form['name'] = request.form['name']
-        form['email'] = request.form['email']
-        if not form['name']:
-            flash(u'Error: you have to provide a name')
-        elif '@' not in form['email']:
-            flash(u'Error: you have to enter a valid email address')
-        else:
-            flash(u'Profile successfully created')
-            g.user.name = form['name']
-            g.user.email = form['email']
-            db_session.commit()
-            return redirect(url_for('edit_profile'))
-    return render_template('edit_profile.html', form=form)
-
-
-@app.route('/logout')
-def logout():
-    session.pop('openid', None)
-    flash(u'You were signed out')
-    return redirect(oid.get_next_url())
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app.run()
diff --git a/examples/openidexample/simpleopenid.py b/examples/openidexample/simpleopenid.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-    simpleopenid
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-    Tiny wrapper around python-openid to make working with the basic
-    API in a flask application easier.  Adapt this code for your own
-    project if necessary.
-
-    :copyright: (c) 2010 by Armin Ronacher.
-    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
-"""
-from functools import wraps
-
-from flask import request, session, flash, redirect
-from werkzeug import url_quote
-
-from openid.association import Association
-from openid.store.interface import OpenIDStore
-from openid.store.filestore import FileOpenIDStore
-from openid.consumer.consumer import Consumer, SUCCESS, CANCEL
-from openid.consumer import discover
-from openid.store import nonce
-
-# python-openid is a really stupid library in that regard, we have
-# to disable logging by monkey patching
-from openid import oidutil
-oidutil.log = lambda *a, **kw: None
-
-
-class SimpleOpenID(object):
-    """Simple helper class for OpenID auth."""
-
-    def __init__(self, store_path):
-        self.store_path = store_path
-        self.after_login_func = None
-
-    def create_store(self):
-        """Creates the filesystem store"""
-        return FileOpenIDStore(self.store_path)
-
-    def signal_error(self, msg):
-        """Signals an error.  It does this by flashing a message"""
-        flash(u'Error: ' + msg)
-
-    def get_next_url(self):
-        """Return the URL where we want to redirect to."""
-        return request.values.get('next') or \
-               request.referrer or \
-               request.url_root
-
-    def get_current_url(self):
-        """the current URL + next"""
-        return request.base_url + '?next=' + url_quote(self.get_next_url())
-
-    def get_success_url(self):
-        """Return the success URL"""
-        return self.get_current_url() + '&openid_complete=yes'
-
-    def errorhandler(f):
-        """Called if an error occours with the message.  By default
-        ``'Error: message'`` is flashed.
-        """
-        self.signal_error = f
-        return f
-
-    def after_login(self, f):
-        """This function will be called after login.  It must redirect to
-        a different place and remember the user somewhere.  The session
-        is not modified by SimpleOpenID.
-        """
-        self.after_login_func = f
-        return f
-
-    def loginhandler(self, f):
-        """Marks a function as login handler.  This decorator injects some
-        more OpenID required logic.
-        """
-        self.login_endpoint = f.__name__
-        @wraps(f)
-        def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
-            if request.args.get('openid_complete') != u'yes':
-                return f(*args, **kwargs)
-            consumer = Consumer(session, self.create_store())
-            openid_response = consumer.complete(request.args.to_dict(),
-                                                self.get_current_url())
-            if openid_response.status == SUCCESS:
-                return self.after_login_func(openid_response.identity_url)
-            elif openid_response.status == CANCEL:
-                self.signal_error(u'The request was cancelled')
-                return redirect(self.get_current_url())
-            self.signal_error(u'OpenID authentication error')
-            return redirect(self.get_current_url())
-        return decorated
-
-    def try_login(self, identity_url):
-        """This tries to login with the given identity URL.  This function
-        must be called from the login_handler.
-        """
-        try:
-            consumer = Consumer(session, self.create_store())
-            auth_request = consumer.begin(identity_url)
-        except discover.DiscoveryFailure:
-            self.signal_error(u'The OpenID was invalid')
-            return redirect(self.get_current_url())
-        trust_root = request.host_url
-        return redirect(auth_request.redirectURL(request.host_url,
-                                                 self.get_success_url()))
diff --git a/examples/openidexample/static/openid.png b/examples/openidexample/static/openid.png
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-body {
-    font-family: 'Georgia', serif;
-    font-size: 16px;
-    margin: 30px;
-    padding: 0;
-}
-
-a {
-    color: #335E79;
-}
-
-p.message {
-    color: #335E79;
-    padding: 10px;
-    background: #CADEEB;
-}
-
-input {
-    font-family: 'Georgia', serif;
-    font-size: 16px;
-    border: 1px solid black;
-    color: #335E79;
-    padding: 2px;
-}
-
-input[type="submit"] {
-    background: #CADEEB;
-    color: #335E79;
-    border-color: #335E79;
-}
-
-input[name="openid"] {
-    background: url(openid.png) 4px no-repeat;
-    padding-left: 24px;
-}
-
-h1, h2 {
-    font-weight: normal;
-}
diff --git a/examples/openidexample/templates/create_profile.html b/examples/openidexample/templates/create_profile.html
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-{% extends "layout.html" %}
-{% block title %}Create Profile{% endblock %}
-{% block body %}
-  <h2>Create Profile</h2>
-  <p>
-    Hey!  This is the first time you signed in on this website.  In
-    order to proceed we need a couple of more information from you:
-  <form action="" method=post>
-    <dl>
-      <dt>Name:
-      <dd><input type=text name=name size=30 value="{{ request.form.name }}">
-      <dt>E-Mail
-      <dd><input type=text name=email size=30 value="{{ request.form.email }}">
-    </dl>
-    <p>
-      <input type=submit value="Create profile">
-      <input type=hidden name=next value="{{ next_url }}">
-  </form>
-  <p>
-    If you don't want to proceed, you can <a href="{{ url_for('logout')
-    }}">sign out</a> again.
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/examples/openidexample/templates/edit_profile.html b/examples/openidexample/templates/edit_profile.html
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-{% extends "layout.html" %}
-{% block title %}Edit Profile{% endblock %}
-{% block body %}
-  <h2>Edit Profile</h2>
-  <form action="" method=post>
-    <dl>
-      <dt>Name:
-      <dd><input type=text name=name size=30 value="{{ form.name }}">
-      <dt>E-Mail
-      <dd><input type=text name=email size=30 value="{{ form.email }}">
-    </dl>
-    <p>
-      <input type=submit value="Update profile">
-      <input type=submit name=delete value="Delete">
-  </form>
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/examples/openidexample/templates/index.html b/examples/openidexample/templates/index.html
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-{% extends "layout.html" %}
-{% block body %}
-  <h2>Overview</h2>
-  {% if g.user %}
-  <p>
-    Hello {{ g.user.name }}!
-  {% endif %}
-  <p>
-    This is just an example page so that something is here.
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/examples/openidexample/templates/layout.html b/examples/openidexample/templates/layout.html
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-<!doctype html>
-<title>{% block title %}Welcome{% endblock %} | Flask OpenID Example</title>
-<link rel=stylesheet type=text/css href="{{ url_for('static',
-  filename='style.css') }}">
-<h1>Flask OpenID Example</h1>
-<ul class=navigation>
-  <li><a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">overview</a>
-  {% if g.user %}
-  <li><a href="{{ url_for('edit_profile') }}">profile</a>
-  <li><a href="{{ url_for('logout') }}">sign out [{{ g.user.name }}]</a>
-  {% else %}
-  <li><a href="{{ url_for('login') }}">sign in</a>
-  {% endif %}
-</ul>
-{% for message in get_flashed_messages() %}
-  <p class=message>{{ message }}
-{% endfor %}
-{% block body %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/examples/openidexample/templates/login.html b/examples/openidexample/templates/login.html
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-{% extends "layout.html" %}
-{% block title %}Sign in{% endblock %}
-{% block body %}
-  <h2>Sign in</h2>
-  <form action="" method=post>
-    <p>
-      OpenID:
-      <input type=text name=openid size=30>
-      <input type=submit value="Sign in">
-      <input type=hidden name=next value="{{ next_url }}">
-  </form>
-{% endblock %}