def reserve(email,roombc,datetime_start,datetime_end):
ret = {
'success': False,
'error': '',
}
if len(email) == 0 or len(roombc) == 0 or datetime_start is None or datetime_end is None:
ret['error'] = 'INTERNAL ERROR: reserve function was not given valid values.'
#print "ERROR: {%s} {%s} {%s} {%s}" % (email,roombc,datetime_start,datetime_end)
return ret
try:
user = Patron.objects.get(email=email)
except:
user = Patron()
user.email = email
user.date_last_booking = datetime.now() # mostly for daily quotas
try:
roomkey = RoomKey.objects.get(barcode=roombc)
room = roomkey.room
except:
ret['error'] = 'That room doesn\'t appear to exist. Please select another room.'
return ret
# don't 'try-except' this if it errors because that means a core problem exists
# that should be fixed.
user.save()
res = Reservation()
res.requested_user = user
res.room = room
res.datetime_start = datetime_start
res.datetime_end = datetime_end
# Allow early returns of keys and semi-correction of reservation end datetimes.
_ = return_key(roombc,False)
try:
res.clean() # not called automatically without a form
except ValidationError as ve:
# failure to clean, only validation errors are raised
if len(ve.messages) > 1:
for msg in ve.messages:
ret['error'] += msg + '<br />'
else:
ret['error'] = ve.messages[0]
return ret
# again, if an exception occurs by now, it's likely a bug.
res.save()
ret['success'] = True
return ret
