webapps/news/views.py

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-"""
-This is a very simple news application, with most of the expected features
-like:
-
-    * News categories/topics
-    * Searchable archives
-"""
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404
-from django.template import RequestContext
-import django.views.generic.list_detail as gv_list_detail
-from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django import forms
-from django.db.models import Q
-
-from webapps.news.models import NewsTopic, NewsEntry
-
-# The sidebar text to be included as a variable on each page. There's got to
-# be a better, cleaner way to include this on every page.
-sidebar = """
-    <p class='doNotDisplay doNotPrint'>This page&rsquo;s menu:</p>
-    <ul id='side-bar'>
-      <li><a href='/news/archive'>News Archive</a></li>
-      <li><a href='/news/search'>Search News</a></li>
-    </ul>
-"""
-
-class SearchForm(forms.Form):
-    """
-    Class to represent a news search form under Django's newforms. This is used
-    to validate the input on the search_form view, as well as the search_results
-    view when we're picking the query out of GET. This makes searching safe
-    via the search form or by directly inputing values via GET key pairs.
-    """
-    search_terms = forms.CharField(max_length=100, min_length=3, required=True)
-
-def show_news(request, entry_id):
-    """
-    Show an individual news entry. Display some basic information along with
-    the title and content.
-    """
-    news_entry = get_object_or_404(NewsEntry, id=entry_id)
-
-    pagevars = {
-        "page_title": "News Entry",
-        "news_entry": news_entry,
-        "sidebar": sidebar
-    }
-
-    context_instance = RequestContext(request)
-    return render_to_response('news/show_entry.html', pagevars, context_instance)
-
-def news_archive(request):
-    """
-    Shows an archive of news entries.
-
-    TODO: Expand this a bit to allow filtering by month/year.
-    """
-    news_entries = NewsEntry.objects.all().order_by('-date_posted')
-    # TODO: Move this to either settings.py or the SQL configuration.
-    entries_per_page = 15
-
-    pagevars = {
-        "page_title": "News Archive",
-        "browse_url": "/news/archive",
-        "sidebar": sidebar
-    }
-    
-    return gv_list_detail.object_list(request, news_entries, template_name='news/archive.html', extra_context=pagevars, paginate_by=entries_per_page)
-
-def search_form(request):
-    """
-    Render the news search form. Don't handle much validation at all. If the
-    user enters a search term that meets the minimum, send them on their way
-    to the results page.
-    """
-    if request.method == 'GET':
-        # A GET request was sent to the search page, load the value and
-        # validate it.
-        search_form = SearchForm(request.GET)
-        if search_form.is_valid():
-            # If the input is good, send them to the results page with the
-            # query attached in GET variables.
-            return HttpResponseRedirect('/news/search/results/?search_terms='+ search_form.cleaned_data['search_terms'])
-    else:
-        # Brand new search, nothing has been sent just yet.
-        search_form = SearchForm()
-
-    pagevars = {
-        "page_title": "Search News",
-        "search_form": search_form,
-        "debug": debug,
-        "sidebar": sidebar
-    }
-
-    context_instance = RequestContext(request)
-    return render_to_response('news/search_form.html', pagevars, context_instance)
-
-def search_results(request):
-    """
-    Shows an archive of news entries. Use the generic news browsing template.
-    """
-    # TODO: Move this to either settings.py or the SQL configuration.
-    entries_per_page = 15
-
-    # Load the form values from GET to validate against.
-    search_form = SearchForm(request.GET)
-    # You have to call is_valid() or cleaned_data won't be populated.
-    valid_search = search_form.is_valid()
-    # This is the safe data that we can pass to queries without huge worry of
-    # badStuff(tm).
-    cleaned_get = search_form.cleaned_data
-
-    # Perform searches that match the title and contents.
-    # TODO: Allow the user to specify what to match against and in what
-    # topics/categories.
-    news_entries = NewsEntry.objects.filter(Q(title__contains=cleaned_get['search_terms']) | Q(body__contains=cleaned_get['search_terms']))
-
-    pagevars = {
-        "page_title": "Search Results",
-        "searchtext": cleaned_get['search_terms'],
-        "browse_url": "/news/search/results",
-        "sidebar": sidebar
-    }
-    
-    return gv_list_detail.object_list(request, news_entries, template_name='news/archive.html', extra_context=pagevars, paginate_by=entries_per_page)