def new(request): error = url = '' if request.method == 'POST': url = request.form.get('url') alias = request.form.get('alias') if not validate_url(url): error = "I'm sorry but you cannot shorten this URL." elif alias: if len(alias) > 140: error = 'Your alias is too long' elif '/' in alias: error = 'Your alias might not include a slash' elif URL.query.get(alias): error = 'The alias you have requested exists already' if not error: uid = URL(url, 'private' not in request.form, alias).uid session.commit() return redirect(url_for('display', uid=uid)) return render_template('new.html', error=error, url=url)
def short_url(self): return url_for('link', uid=self.uid, _external=True)