def create_session():
"""
Create a session for a Box view document
Expects a json with the following fields
box_view_token: a valid box view token
document_id: a valid url to pdf or office document
"""
request_json = request.get_json()
box_view_token = request_json['box_view_token']
box_view_client = BoxViewClient(box_view_token)
document_id = request_json['document_id']
document_ready = False
while not document_ready:
sleep(1)
document_ready = box_view_client.ready_to_view(document_id)
try:
session = box_view_client.create_session(document_id).json()
except(BoxViewError):
return jsonify({'error': 'an error occurred'}), 400
session_url = box_view_client.create_session_url(session['id'])
print 'Session is {}'.format(session_url)
combined_response = {
'session_url': session_url,
'session': session
}
return jsonify(combined_response)
