def request_create_group (request, user, language, group_name, slot):
logger.debug ("user %s group_name %s slot %s" % (user, group_name, slot))
slot = urllib.unquote_plus(slot)
group_type = 'public'
if not user.has_empty_slot ():
return language.user_has_no_empty_slots ()
type_and_slot_regex = re.compile("^\w+\s+\d$")
slot_only_regex = re.compile("^\d$")
if type_and_slot_regex.match(slot):
(group_type, slot) = slot.split()
if group_type != 'private':
group_type = 'public'
elif len(slot) > 1 and not slot_only_regex.match(slot): #only provided type without slot
group_type = slot
if group_type != 'private': group_type = 'public' #check to ensure its actually a group type
slot = ''
else:
group_type = 'public'
slot = ''
msg_list = []
if slot is None or len(slot) < 1:
logger.debug ("slot is none")
slot = auto_alloc_slot(user)
logger.info ("slot allocated %s" % slot)
else:
logger.debug ("slot is %s" % slot)
regex = re.compile ('^[A-Za-z]')
if not regex.match (group_name) or len(group_name) < 4 or len(group_name) > 60:
msg_list.append (language.group_name_not_valid (group_name))
if slot >= 0 and not user.slot_is_empty (slot):
msg_list.append (language.slot_not_free (slot))
# XXX calling this causes an error (and we've fixed the types as unchangeable for now)
#if not Groups.is_valid_type (group_type):
#ok = False
#msg_list.append (language.invalid_group_type (group_type))
# that should take care of the race condition
with lock:
if not Groups.is_name_available (group_name):
msg_list.append (language.group_name_not_available (group_name))
# TODO add suggestions
if len(msg_list) > 0:
msg_text = " ".join(msg_list)
return msg_text
# create group and assign it to the given slot, if one has been provided
group = Groups.create (user, group_name, slot, group_type)
return language.group_created (group_name, slot, group_type)
