oncall-engine/engine/common/database.py

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import random
from django.conf import settings
def get_random_readonly_database_key_if_present_otherwise_default() -> str:
"""
This function returns a string, representing a key in the DATABASES django settings.
If settings.READONLY_DATABASES is set, and non-empty, it randomly chooses one of the read-only databases,
otherwise it falls back to "default".
This is primarily intended to be used for django's QuerySet.using() function
"""
using_db = "default"
if hasattr(settings, "READONLY_DATABASES") and len(settings.READONLY_DATABASES) > 0:
using_db = random.choice(list(settings.READONLY_DATABASES.keys()))
return using_db