def login(username, passwd):
try:
u = Academic(username)
if u.authenticates(passwd):
return u.login()
except:
return False
def GET(self):
"""Research http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781013 how
hacker news voting works and emulate
XXX Restrict voting to session().logged users + element id
must not already exist in user['votes'] set.
XXX Requires accounting + record keeping
XXX Preserve the web.ctx GET query params to preserve sorting
/ ordering
Algo:
1. Add karma to paper['submitter'] if vote
2. Record vote in user['votes'] set by id
- calc unique vote id via some linear combination of paper pid
(and or comment id [cid], if it exists)
"""
i = web.input(pid=None, sort="popular")
if not session().logged:
raise web.seeother('/register')
if i.pid:
i.pid = int(i.pid)
u = Academic(session()['uname'])
p = Paper(i.pid)
if canvote(u, i.pid):
try:
# move set_vote to paper api
p.votes += 1
p.save()
record_vote(u['username'], p.submitter, i.pid)
except IndexError:
return "No such items exists to vote on"
raise web.seeother('/?sort=%s' % i.sort)
