def status(self):
        docs = {'updated'  : [],
                'committed': [],
                'to_commit': []}

        row = self.db.internal.find_one({'_id': 'last_sync'})

        if row and 'update' in row:
            for id in row['update']:
                docs['updated'].append(self.get(id, deleted=True))

        if row and 'commit' in row:
            for id in row['commit']:
                docs['committed'].append(self.get(id, deleted=True))

        to_commit =  self.get_docs_to_commit()
        for row in to_commit:
            doc = Document(**row)
            docs['to_commit'].append(doc)
        return docs
def _storage(self):
        """
        Return the configured django storage backend.
        """
        config = settings.VERIFY_STUDENT["SOFTWARE_SECURE"]

        # Default to the S3 backend for backward compatibility
        storage_class = config.get("STORAGE_CLASS", "storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage")
        storage_kwargs = config.get("STORAGE_KWARGS", {})

        # Map old settings to the parameters expected by the storage backend
        if "AWS_ACCESS_KEY" in config:
            storage_kwargs["access_key"] = config["AWS_ACCESS_KEY"]
        if "AWS_SECRET_KEY" in config:
            storage_kwargs["secret_key"] = config["AWS_SECRET_KEY"]
        if "S3_BUCKET" in config:
            storage_kwargs["bucket"] = config["S3_BUCKET"]
            storage_kwargs["querystring_expire"] = self.IMAGE_LINK_DURATION

        return get_storage(storage_class, **storage_kwargs)