def uploadUrl(request):
"""
Description: Create a video object by specifying a YouTube URL.
Arguments: -request: HttpRequest object
Return: HttpResponse
Author: Nnoduka Eruchalu
"""
if request.method == 'POST':
form = YoutubeUploadUrlForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
video = form.save(commit=False)
# grab video id and indicate this is a url upload
video.file_upload = False
video.video_id = youtubeParser(form.cleaned_data['url'])
video.user = request.user # who is uploading this?
video.save() # this finally creates database record
form.save_m2m() # this is to save tags
messages.add_message(
request, messages.SUCCESS, "Video successfully uploaded")
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("mediaLibrary"))
# if request.method != 'POST'
else:
form = YoutubeUploadUrlForm()
return render_to_response("youtube/uploadBrowserMeta.html",
{'form':form,
'nav_current':'url'},
context_instance = RequestContext(request))
def clean_url(self):
url = self.cleaned_data['url']
if not youtubeParser(url):
raise forms.ValidationError('invalid YouTube URL')
# always return the cleaned data, whether you have changed it or not
return url
