def new_thread(request, forum, user):
"""
Given a POST dict, create a new thread, then pass whats left to the
new_post function and then create the op. This function returns any
errors, it returns None if there are no errors.
"""
threadform = ThreadForm(request.POST)
result = Result()
result.threadform = threadform
captcha_error = get_captcha_error(request)
if captcha_error:
result.captcha_error = captcha_error
result.postform = PostForm(request.POST)
return result
else:
result.captcha_success = True
if threadform.is_valid():
data = threadform.cleaned_data
thread = Thread(title=data['title'], forum=forum)
thread.save()
result.thread = thread
else:
# error occured, return the form and the captcha error
# (already set to result object) don't bother to try to add the post
return result
# all is valid, now make the op, skip captcha part
# because we already checked it
return new_post(request, thread, user, result=result)
def new_post(request, thread, user, result=None):
"""
Handle the new post form data when it gets posted
"""
if not result:
result = Result()
postform = PostForm(request.POST)
result.postform = postform
if not result.captcha_success:
captcha_error = get_captcha_error(request)
if captcha_error:
result.captcha_error = captcha_error
return result
if postform.is_valid():
data = postform.cleaned_data
post = Post(body=data['body'], thread=thread)
#######
if data['spam_prevent']:
# if the spam prevent field is not blank, assume the post was made
# by a spambot
return HttpResponse('plz go away spambot thx')
#######
if not user.is_authenticated() or data['as_anon']:
# anonymously posted messages are annotated with the poster's
# IP address so they can edit them later
post.ip = request.META['REMOTE_ADDR']
post.as_anon = True
else:
#post.ip = "0.0.0.0"
post.user = user
post.as_anon = False
########
if data['as_admin']:
# this post was made by an admin and the post will be displayed
# ina way that lets everyone know that this person is an admin
post.as_admin = True
########
post.save()
result.post = post
return result
