def _createGroup(request, conn):
#create group
controller = BaseGroup(conn)
name_check = conn.checkGroupName(request.REQUEST.get('name'))
form = GroupForm(initial={'experimenters':controller.experimenters}, data=request.POST.copy(), name_check=name_check)
if form.is_valid():
name = form.cleaned_data['name']
description = form.cleaned_data['description']
owners = form.cleaned_data['owners']
permissions = form.cleaned_data['permissions']
readonly = toBoolean(form.cleaned_data['readonly'])
return controller.createGroup(name, owners, permissions, readonly, description)
else:
raise Exception(form.errors.as_text())
