def getQuestion(genre):
"""to get a question by genre"""
if not genre:
genre = "general"
questions = getQuestionKeys(genre)
if not questions:
logging.error("dbfunc.py line 39: couldn't return a question for: " + genre)
questions = getQuestionKeys("general")
ranChoice = random.choice(questions)
# not in cache get from db set cache
q = memg(str(ranChoice))
if not q:
q = db.get(ranChoice)
mems(str(ranChoice), q)
q = q.asDict()
options = [q["answer"], q["choice1"], q["choice2"], q["choice3"]]
random.shuffle(options)
q["options"] = options
q["hashed"] = makeCookieHash(q["answer"])
return q
def setCookie(self, username):
cookieVal = "%s:%s" % (str(username), str(makeCookieHash(username)))
self.response.set_cookie('user', cookieVal)
def setCookie(self, name, value):
'''set a cookie with a value and a hash of the value'''
#get the value back with testCookie(name)
cookieVal = "%s:%s" % (str(value), str(makeCookieHash(value)))
self.response.set_cookie(name, cookieVal)
def setCookie(self, username):
cookieVal = "%s:%s" % (str(username), str(makeCookieHash(username)))
self.response.set_cookie('user', cookieVal)