def publish(post_meta):
doc_id = Post.url_friendly_text(post_meta["title"])
# Open the database
couch = couchdb.Server()
db = couch["mrvoxel_blog"]
# Load the database settings
blog_settings = settings.loadSettings(db)
# Check to see if we have a valid category
if not post_meta["category"] in blog_settings["blog_categories"]:
raise ValueError("No such category: %s" % post_meta["category"])
print "checking for [%s]" % doc_id
# Load the post (if it exists in our database)
post = Post.load(db, doc_id)
# If it exists, warn the user
if post:
raw = raw_input("This will replace an existing post of the same title...\nContinue? (y/N)")
# if the existing post is published but we're trying to preview
if (post["published"] == False) and post_meta["published"]:
raise ValueError("Cannot yet preview posts that are already published")
if raw != "y":
print "Canceling publish."
return None
else:
for k, v in post_meta.iteritems():
if k not in ["published", "title"]:
print k
post[k] = v
print post
"""
post.markdown = mdtext
post.html = html
post.author = author
post.timestamp = timestamp
post.published = not preview
post.title = title
post.tags = tags
post.category = category
"""
post.store(db)
else:
post = Post.create(**post_meta)
print post["_id"]
post.store(db)
print post["_id"]
return post["_id"]
