def DraggingAndDropping(request):
# this if statement uses a HttpRequest.method, POST - submits data to be
# processed to a specified resource
if request.method == 'POST':
########################################################################
# TA's code
# debugging statment
user_session = Session.objects.get(pk=request.session._session_key)
print "in views.py is the user id: %s" % user_session.get_decoded()
# remember that the session key is a string so the id number has to be
# converted in to an integer
session_var = Session.objects.get(pk=request.session._session_key).get_decoded()
user = User.objects.get(id = session_var['_auth_user_id'])
# user.save()
# request.session.modified = True
print "this is the user string: %s" % user
# user_print_test = models.IntegerField(User)
user_print_test = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True)
print "this is the user_print_test value: %s" % user_print_test
# request.FILES is passed into the constructor UploadFileForm; this is
# how file data gets bound into a form
# form = UploadFileForm(request.POST, request.FILES, user)
# print "form: %s " % form
# this works by default without the user session id
form = UploadFileForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
########################################################################
if form.is_valid():
print "if form.is_valid(): executed"
new_file = UploadFile(file = request.FILES['file'])
new_file.user = request.user
print "new_file.user = request.user value: %s" % new_file.user
new_file.save()
# not sure what this does, look into the reverse class from django.core.urlresolvers
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('dragdrop:DraggingAndDropping'))
else:
print "else: executed"
form = UploadFileForm()
print "after conditional statements"
# this has global access for the entire website
data = {'form': form}
return render_to_response('dropzone-drag-drop.html', data, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
# pictures = UploadFile.objects.all()
# return render_to_response('index.html', {'pictures': pictures, 'form': form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
# @ajax_request
# def json_images(request, dir_name):
# path = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, dir_name)
# images = []
# for f in os.listdir(path):
# if f.endswith("jpg") or f.endswith("png"): # to avoid other files
# images.append("%s%s/%s" % (settings.MEDIA_URL, dir_name, f)) # modify the concatenation to fit your neet
# return {'images': images}
