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+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Copyright (c) 2015-2017 AT&T Intellectual Property
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+
+from flask import Response
+
+from osdf import ACCEPTED_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE
+
+
+def osdf_response_for_request_accept(req_id="", text="", response_code=202, as_http=True):
+    """Helper method to create a response object for request acceptance, so that the object can be sent to a client
+    :param req_id: request ID provided by the caller
+    :param text: extra text description about accepting the request (e.g. "Request accepted")
+    :param response_code: the HTTP status code to send -- default is 202 (accepted)
+    :param as_http: whether to send response as HTTP response object or as a string
+    :return: if as_http is True, return a HTTP Response object. Otherwise, return json-encoded-message
+    """
+    response_message = ACCEPTED_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE.render(description=text, request_id=req_id)
+    if not as_http:
+        return response_message
+
+    response = Response(response_message, content_type='application/json; charset=utf-8')
+    response.headers.add('content-length', len(response_message))
+    response.status_code = response_code
+    return response