def handle_cgi_request(self):
"""Handles a cgi request. This is the main entry point for client requests,
whether POST or GET, that are cgi-bin requests. They all share the
same memory space (i.e. this singleton object)."""
# parse the form parameters to the form object
# if a post request, encode everything (post requests can't encode on the client side because they come from forms)
# get requests should encode on the client side (to handle special characters in the URL)
if self.method.lower() == "get":
for item in self.form.list:
item.value = Constants.decode(item.value)
# set the window id
self.windowid = self.getvalue("global_windowid")
# send the headers
self.send_headers()
try:
# get the view
viewst = self.getvalue("global_view", "meetingchooser").lower()
# get the session, if there is one
self.session = Directory.get_session(self.form.getvalue("z", ""))
# if session is none, try logging the user in based upon their username and password parameters
if self.session == None:
self.session = Directory.login(self.form.getvalue("username", ""), self.form.getvalue("password", ""))
# if the view is login, log the session out
if (viewst == "login" or viewst == "logout") and self.session != None:
Directory.logout(self.session)
self.session = None
# if session is still None, send them to the login page
if self.session == None:
viewst = "login"
# process actions
if self.session:
Events.process_actions(self)
# send events xml or send to view processing
if self.getvalue("gm_internal_action") == "send_events_xml":
Events.send_events_xml(self)
else:
# get the view
if not BaseView.views.has_key(viewst):
self.writeln("<html><body>Error! No view named " + viewst + " found.</body></html>")
return
view = BaseView.views[viewst]
self.view = view
# send processing to the view
Constants.log.debug("Sending processing to view: " + viewst)
view.handle_request(self, viewst)
except:
self.writeln("<html><body>")
self.writeln("<hr>")
self.writeln("<b>The following error has occurred in the GroupMind application:</b>")
self.writeln("<pre><tt>")
traceback.print_exc(file=self.out)
traceback.print_exc()
self.writeln("</pre></tt>")
self.writeln("</body></html>")
