def create(request):
request_json = json.loads(request.body.decode('utf-8'))
print(request_json)
if 'url' in request_json and len(request_json['url'].strip()) > 0:
val = URLValidator()
try:
long_url = url_normalize(request_json['url'].strip())
val(long_url)
existing_link = Link.objects.filter(url=long_url)
if existing_link.count() == 0:
link = Link(url=long_url, date_created=timezone.now())
link.save()
else:
link = existing_link[0]
return JsonResponse({
'short_url':
request.build_absolute_uri(
reverse('shortener:goto', args=[link.short_url()]))
})
except ValidationError:
return JsonResponse({'error': 'URL is not valid.'}, status=400)
else:
return JsonResponse({'error': 'No URL given.'}, status=400)
