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view contests/views.py @ 679:89b240fe9297
For Django 1.5.2: import json; django.utils.simplejson is deprecated.
author | Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com> |
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date | Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:14:33 -0500 |
parents | ee87ea74d46b |
children | 16e190fa6ef8 |
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""" Views for the contests application. """ import json from django.http import (HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseBadRequest) from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST from contests.models import Contest @require_POST def enter(request): """ This view is an AJAX view that is used to enter or withdraw a user from a given contest. This function toggles the user's entered state in the contest. """ if not request.user.is_authenticated(): return HttpResponseForbidden("Please login first") contest_id = request.POST.get('contest_id') if not contest_id: return HttpResponseBadRequest("Missing contest_id") contest = get_object_or_404(Contest, pk=contest_id) if not contest.can_enter(): return HttpResponseForbidden("Contest is over") # Toggle the user's state in the contest result = {} if request.user in contest.contestants.all(): contest.contestants.remove(request.user) result['entered'] = False result['msg'] = 'You have been withdrawn from this contest.' else: contest.contestants.add(request.user) result['entered'] = True result['msg'] = 'You have been entered into this contest!' json_result = json.dumps(result) return HttpResponse(json_result, content_type='application/json')