def create_game(user_name, misses_allowed):
"""Create a game"""
user = User.get_by_name(user_name)
secret_word = secret_word_generator()
current_solution = ''.join(['_' for l in secret_word])
# Check if misses_allowed exists and if so make sure it's a number
if misses_allowed:
if not misses_allowed.isnumeric():
msg = 'Error, only numbers are allowed in misses_allowed'
raise endpoints.BadRequestException(msg)
else:
misses_allowed = int(misses_allowed)
else:
misses_allowed = 5
game = Game.create_game(user=user.key,
misses_allowed=misses_allowed,
secret_word=secret_word,
current_solution=current_solution)
return game.game_state('A new game of Hangman has been created!')
