def api_poll_create(request):
api_result = {"api": "poll_create", "status": "success"}
try:
token = request.POST["token"]
user = get_user_from_token(token)
if not user:
api_result["status"] = "failure"
api_result["error"] = "user not found"
else:
question = request.POST["question"]
choice_text = request.POST["choices"]
group_id = request.POST["group_id"]
if group_id == "0":
group = None
else:
group = Group.objects.get(pk=group_id)
choices = set(choice_text.split("##"))
if "" in choices:
choices.remove("")
try:
topic = Topic.objects.get(name=request.POST["topic"])
except:
topic = Topic.objects.get(name="others")
if len(question) == 0 or len(choices) < 2:
raise ValueError("invalid poll arguments")
q = Question()
q.question_text = question.strip()
q.user = user
q.topic_id = topic.id
q.group = group
# q.pub_date = datetime.now(pytz.timezone("Asia/Calcutta"))
q.save()
for choice in choices:
c = Choice()
c.choice_text = choice
c.question = q
c.votes = 0
c.save()
print c.id
print q.id
api_result["question_id"] = q.id
except Exception as e:
api_result["status"] = "failure"
api_result["error"] = e.message
return JsonResponse(api_result)
