def generate_doc_dict(module, user):
    """Compile a Pale module's documentation into a python dictionary.

    The returned dictionary is suitable to be rendered by a JSON formatter,
    or passed to a template engine, or manipulated in some other way.
    """
    from pale import extract_endpoints, extract_resources, is_pale_module
    if not is_pale_module(module):
        raise ValueError(
                """The passed in `module` (%s) is not a pale module. `paledoc`
                only works on modules with a `_module_type` set to equal
                `pale.ImplementationModule`.""")

    module_endpoints = extract_endpoints(module)
    ep_doc = { ep._route_name: document_endpoint(ep) for ep \
            in module_endpoints }

    ep_doc_filtered = {}

    for endpoint in ep_doc:
        # check if user has permission to view this endpoint
        # this is currently an on/off switch: if any endpoint has a "@requires_permission"
        # decorator, user.is_admin must be True for the user to see documentation
        # @TODO - make this permission more granular if necessary

        if ep_doc[endpoint].get("requires_permission") != None and user != None and user.is_admin or \
            ep_doc[endpoint].get("requires_permission") == None:
            ep_doc_filtered[endpoint] = ep_doc[endpoint]

    module_resources = extract_resources(module)
    res_doc = { r._value_type: document_resource(r) for r \
            in module_resources }

    return {'endpoints': ep_doc_filtered,
            'resources': res_doc}
Compile a Pale module's documentation into a python dictionary.

    The returned dictionary is suitable to be rendered by a JSON formatter,
    or passed to a template engine, or manipulated in some other way.