def _process_request_form(request):
"""A helper function for getting info out of a request composer form"""
form = RequestForm(request.POST, request=request)
foia_request = {}
if form.is_valid():
data = form.cleaned_data
if request.user.is_anonymous():
_make_user(request, data)
title = data['title']
document = data['document']
level = data['jurisdiction']
if level == 'f':
jurisdiction = Jurisdiction.objects.filter(level='f')[0]
elif level == 's':
jurisdiction = data['state']
else:
jurisdiction = data['local']
agency_query = Agency.objects.filter(name=data['agency'],
jurisdiction=jurisdiction)
agency = agency_query[0] if agency_query \
else _make_new_agency(request, data['agency'], jurisdiction)
foia_request.update({
'title': title,
'document': document,
'jurisdiction': jurisdiction,
'agency': agency,
})
return foia_request
def create_request(request):
"""A very important view for composing FOIA requests"""
# pylint: disable=too-many-locals
# we should refactor this, its too long, and remove the pylint disable
initial_data = {}
clone = False
parent = None
try:
foia_pk = request.GET['clone']
foia = get_object_or_404(FOIARequest, pk=foia_pk)
if not foia.has_perm(request.user, 'view'):
raise Http404()
initial_data = {
'title': foia.title,
'document': smart_text(foia.requested_docs),
'agency': foia.agency.name if foia.agency else ''
}
jurisdiction = foia.jurisdiction
level = jurisdiction.level
if level == 's':
initial_data['state'] = jurisdiction
elif level == 'l':
initial_data['local'] = jurisdiction
initial_data['jurisdiction'] = level
clone = True
parent = foia
except (KeyError, ValueError):
# KeyError if no clone was passed in
# Value error if invalid clone is passed in
pass
if request.method == 'POST':
foia_request = _process_request_form(request)
if foia_request:
foia, foia_comm = _make_request(request, foia_request, parent)
foia_comm.save()
foia.save(comment='request drafted')
request.session['ga'] = 'request_drafted'
return redirect(foia)
else:
# form is invalid
# autocomplete blows up if you pass it a bad value in state
# or local - not sure how this is happening, but am removing
# non numeric values for these keys
# this seems to technically be a bug in autocompletes rendering
# should probably fix it there and submit a patch
post = request.POST.copy()
for chk_val in ['local', 'state']:
try:
chk_val in post and int(post[chk_val])
except (ValueError, TypeError):
del post[chk_val]
form = RequestForm(post, request=request)
else:
if clone:
form = RequestForm(initial=initial_data, request=request)
else:
form = RequestForm(request=request)
featured = (FOIARequest.objects.get_viewable(request.user).filter(
featured=True).select_related_view().get_public_file_count())
context = {'form': form, 'clone': clone, 'featured': featured}
return render(
request,
'forms/foia/create.html',
context,
)