def home(self, request):
frontpage = ArticleHelper.get_frontpage(
sections=('news', 'culture', 'opinion', 'sports', 'features', 'science'),
max_days=7
)
trending_article = ArticleHelper.get_trending()
elections = ArticleHelper.get_topic('AMS Elections').order_by('-published_at')
frontpage_ids = [int(a.id) for a in frontpage[:2]]
sections = ArticleHelper.get_frontpage_sections(exclude=frontpage_ids)
breaking = ArticleHelper.get_breaking_news().first()
# determine if user is viewing from mobile
user_agent = get_user_agent(request)
try:
articles = {
'primary': frontpage[0],
'secondary': frontpage[1],
'thumbs': frontpage[2:4],
'bullets': frontpage[4:6],
# Get random trending article
'trending': trending_article,
'breaking': breaking
}
except IndexError:
raise Exception('Not enough articles to populate the frontpage!')
popular = ArticleHelper.get_popular()[:5]
blog = ArticleHelper.get_frontpage(section='blog', limit=5)
title = '%s - UBC\'s official student newspaper' % self.SITE_TITLE
context = {
'title': title,
'meta': {
'title': title,
'description': 'Weekly student newspaper of the University of British Columbia.',
'url': self.SITE_URL
},
'title': '%s - UBC\'s official student newspaper' % self.SITE_TITLE,
'articles': articles,
'sections': sections,
'popular': popular,
'breaking': breaking,
'blog': blog,
'day_of_week': datetime.now().weekday(),
'is_mobile': user_agent.is_mobile
}
return render(request, 'homepage/base.html', context)
def elections(self, request):
articles = ArticleHelper.get_topic('AMS Elections').order_by('-published_at')
topic = Topic.objects.filter(name='AMS Elections')[0]
context = {
'meta': {
'title': '2017 AMS Elections'
},
'section': {
'name': '2017 AMS Elections',
'slug': 'elections',
'id': topic.id
},
'type': 'topic',
'articles': {
'first': articles[0],
'rest': articles[1:9]
}
}
return render(request, 'section.html', context)