Introducing Pillar Framework

Refactor of pillar-server and pillar-web into a single python package. This
simplifies the overall architecture of pillar applications.

Special thanks @sybren and @venomgfx

tests/test_api/test_utils.py

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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from bson import ObjectId
+from pillar.tests import AbstractPillarTest
+from werkzeug.exceptions import BadRequest
+
+
+class Str2idTest(AbstractPillarTest):
+    def test_happy(self):
+        from pillar.api.utils import str2id
+
+        def happy(str_id):
+            self.assertEqual(ObjectId(str_id), str2id(str_id))
+
+        happy(24 * 'a')
+        happy(12 * 'a')
+        happy(u'577e23ad98377323f74c368c')
+
+    def test_unhappy(self):
+        from pillar.api.utils import str2id
+
+        def unhappy(str_id):
+            self.assertRaises(BadRequest, str2id, str_id)
+
+        unhappy(13 * 'a')
+        unhappy(u'577e23ad 8377323f74c368c')
+        unhappy(u'김치')  # Kimchi
+        unhappy('')
+        unhappy(u'')
+        unhappy(None)