def create_Indico_request_url(
        base_url,
        indico_what,
        indico_loc,
        indico_id,
        indico_type,
        indico_params,
        indico_key,
        indico_sig,
        _timestamp=None):
    """
    Create a signed Indico request URL to access Indico HTTP Export APIs.

    See U{http://indico.cern.ch/ihelp/html/ExportAPI/index.html} for more
    information.

    Example:
    >> create_Indico_request_url("https://indico.cern.ch",
                                 "categ",
                                 "",
                                 [1, 7],
                                 "xml",
                                 {'onlypublic': 'yes',
                                  'order': 'title',
                                  'from': 'today',
                                  'to': 'tomorrow'},
                                 '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000',
                                 '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000')

    @param base_url: Service base URL of the Indico instance to query
    @param indico_what: element to export
    @type indico_what: one of the strings: C{categ}, C{event}, C{room}, C{reservation}
    @param indico_loc: location of the element(s) specified by ID (only used for some elements)
    @param indico_id: ID of the element to be exported
    @type indico_id: a string or a list/tuple of strings
    @param indico_type: output format
    @type indico_type: one of the strings: C{json}, C{jsonp}, C{xml}, C{html}, C{ics}, C{atom}
    @param indico_params: parameters of the query. See U{http://indico.cern.ch/ihelp/html/ExportAPI/common.html}
    @param indico_key: API key provided for the given Indico instance
    @param indico_sig: API secret key (signature) provided for the given Indico instance
    @param _timestamp: for testing purpose only (default: current timestamp)

    @return signed URL of the request (string)
    """

    url = '/export/' + indico_what + '/'
    if indico_loc:
        url += indico_loc + '/'
    if type(indico_id) in (list, tuple):
        # dash separated list of values
        indico_id = '-'.join([str(x) for x in indico_id])
    url += indico_id + '.' + str(indico_type)

    if hasattr(indico_params, 'items'):
        items = indico_params.items()
    else:
        items = list(indico_params)
    if indico_key:
        items.append(('apikey', indico_key))
    if indico_sig and HASHLIB_IMPORTED:
        if _timestamp:
            items.append(('timestamp', str(_timestamp)))
        else:
            items.append(('timestamp', str(int(time.time()))))
        items = sorted(items, key=lambda x: x[0].lower())
        url_to_sign = '%s?%s' % (url, urlencode(items))
        if sys.version_info < (2, 5):
            # compatibility mode for Python < 2.5 and hashlib
            my_digest_algo = _MySHA1(sha1())
        else:
            my_digest_algo = sha1
        signature = hmac.new(indico_sig, url_to_sign,
                             my_digest_algo).hexdigest()
        items.append(('signature', signature))
    elif not HASHLIB_IMPORTED:
        current_app.logger.warning(
            "Module hashlib not installed. Please install it."
        )
    if not items:
        return url

    url = '%s%s?%s' % (base_url.strip('/'), url, urlencode(items))
    return url
Create a signed Indico request URL to access Indico HTTP Export APIs.

    See U{http://indico.cern.ch/ihelp/html/ExportAPI/index.html} for more
    information.

    Example:
    >> create_Indico_request_url("https://indico.cern.ch",
                                 "categ",
                                 "",
                                 [1, 7],
                                 "xml",
                                 {'onlypublic': 'yes',
                                  'order': 'title',
                                  'from': 'today',
                                  'to': 'tomorrow'},
                                 '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000',
                                 '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000')

    @param base_url: Service base URL of the Indico instance to query
    @param indico_what: element to export
    @type indico_what: one of the strings: C{categ}, C{event}, C{room}, C{reservation}
    @param indico_loc: location of the element(s) specified by ID (only used for some elements)
    @param indico_id: ID of the element to be exported
    @type indico_id: a string or a list/tuple of strings
    @param indico_type: output format
    @type indico_type: one of the strings: C{json}, C{jsonp}, C{xml}, C{html}, C{ics}, C{atom}
    @param indico_params: parameters of the query. See U{http://indico.cern.ch/ihelp/html/ExportAPI/common.html}
    @param indico_key: API key provided for the given Indico instance
    @param indico_sig: API secret key (signature) provided for the given Indico instance
    @param _timestamp: for testing purpose only (default: current timestamp)

    @return signed URL of the request (string)