def send_message(request):
"""
Save message in database. And redirect to chat room. If chat not exists - create new chat room.
:param request: HttRequest as POST
:return: If not errors and request POST return redirect to chat room page. Else return error page.
"""
if request.method == 'POST':
receiver = User.objects.get(username=request.POST['receiver'])
sender = User.objects.get(username=request.POST['sender'])
chats = Chat.objects.filter(users=receiver).filter(users=request.user)
chat = None
new_message = Messages()
if chats.exists():
# If chat exist get first chat room for current user and receiver
chat = chats[0]
old_messages = Messages.objects.filter(chat=chat).filter(new=True)
set_new_messages_to_old(old_messages)
else:
chat = Chat.objects.create()
chat.users.add(sender, receiver)
new_message.chat = chat
new_message.sender = sender
new_message.text = request.POST['text']
new_message.new = True
new_message.save()
chat.have_new_message = True
chat.save()
return redirect('/messages/chat/' + str(chat.id) +'/')
else:
return render_to_response('error.html', {'error': REQUEST_TYPE_ERROR}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
def send_message_api(request):
"""
API endpoint for tornado application (chatapp.py). Save message in database and return message object as JSON.
:param request: HttpRequest from tornado app. Should have chat (chat.id), text (message text),
sender (sender username) parameters
:return: Return Message object as JSON.
"""
if request.method == "POST":
if request.POST['API_KEY'] == API_KEY:
chat = Chat.objects.get(id=request.POST['chat'])
text = request.POST['text']
sender = User.objects.get(username=request.POST['sender'])
if sender not in chat.users.all():
return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'chat': chat.pk, 'Error': 'incorrect chat user'}))
messages = Messages.objects.filter(chat=chat).filter(new=True)
set_new_messages_to_old(messages)
new_message = Messages()
new_message.sender = sender
new_message.chat = chat
new_message.text = text
new_message.new = True
new_message.save()
chat.have_new_message = True
chat.save()
return HttpResponse(json.dumps({
'sender': sender.username,
'text': text,
'chat': chat.id,
'datetime': new_message.datetime.strftime('%d-%m-%Y %H:%M')
}), content_type="application/json")