view gpp/core/widgets.py @ 334:6805d15cda13

Adding a script I had to write on the fly to filter out posts from the posts csv file that had no parent topics. MyISAM let me get away with that, but InnoDB won't.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:28:22 +0000
parents 5453aedf95fd
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"""
Various useful widgets for the GPP application.
"""

from django import forms
from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.conf import settings


class AutoCompleteUserInput(forms.TextInput):

    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
        url = reverse('core-ajax_users')
        output = super(AutoCompleteUserInput, self).render(name, value, attrs)
        return output + mark_safe(u"""\
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
    var cache = {};
    var cacheSize = 0;
    $("#id_%s").autocomplete({
        delay: 400,
        minLength: 1,
        source: function(request, response) {
            if (cache[request.term]) {
               response(cache[request.term]);
               return;
            }
            $.ajax({
                url: "%s",
                type: "GET",
                data: {
                    q: request.term,
                    limit: 15
                },
                dataType: "json",
                success: function(data, textStatus) {
                    if (cacheSize >= 32) {
                       cache = {};
                       cacheSize = 0;
                    }
                    cache[request.term] = data;
                    ++cacheSize;
                    response(data);
                },
                error: function(xhr, textStatus, ex) {
                    alert('Oops, an error occurred. ' + xhr.statusText + ' - ' +
                      xhr.responseText);
                }
            });
        }
    });
});
</script>""" % (name, url))