def create_series(request, extra_context=None):
"""
Creates a new series.
"""
dtstart = None
if request.method == 'POST':
event_form = SeriesForm(request.POST)
recurrence_form = MonthlyReadingMultipleOccurrenceForm(request.POST)
if event_form.is_valid() and recurrence_form.is_valid():
# We are creating a new reading series, so give it the current user as the contact
sr = event_form.save(commit=False)
sr.contact = request.user
sr.event_type = EventType.objects.get(pk=1)
sr.site = CitySite.objects.get(pk=settings.SITE_ID)
sr.save()
event_form.save_m2m()
# Saving this form saves the Series (and its underlying Event) and
# creates the Readings (and their underlying Occurrences) with foreign keys
# back to the Series (and Event).
recurrence_form.save(sr)
tweet_message = ["New series: %s!" % sr.title]
_send_tweet(request, sr=sr, tweet_message=tweet_message)
return HttpResponseRedirect(sr.get_absolute_url())
else: # not valid
# This is for logging only. The forms are already created and will be returned with errors for the user to correct.
if settings.DEBUG:
print "\n".join(["form is not valid.", "event_form errors = %s" % event_form.errors, "recurrence_form errors = %s" % recurrence_form.errors])
else:
# not POST, so we create blank forms with a default start time of 5 pm today.
if 'dtstart' in request.GET:
try:
dtstart = parser.parse(request.GET['dtstart'])
except:
pass
if dtstart == None:
today = datetime.today().date()
dtstart = datetime(today.year, today.month, today.day, 17, 0, 0)
event_form = SeriesForm()
recurrence_form = MonthlyReadingMultipleOccurrenceForm(initial=dict(dtstart=dtstart))
if extra_context is None:
extra_context = {}
context = RequestContext(request)
for key, value in extra_context.items():
context[key] = callable(value) and value() or value
return render_to_response(
"create_series.html",
dict(dtstart=dtstart, event_form=event_form, recurrence_form=recurrence_form),
context_instance=context
)
