view forums/views/attachments.py @ 887:9a15f7c27526

Actually save model object upon change. This commit was tested on the comments model. Additional logging added. Added check for Markdown image references. Added TODOs after observing behavior on comments.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:09:44 -0600
parents 89b240fe9297
children 7e0c3cbd3cda
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"""
This module contains views for working with post attachments.

"""
import json

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden
from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest
from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound

from forums.models import Post


def fetch_attachments(request):
    """
    This view is the target of an AJAX GET request to retrieve the
    attachment embed data for a given forum post.

    """
    if not request.user.is_authenticated():
        return HttpResponseForbidden('Please login or register.')

    post_id = request.GET.get('pid')
    if post_id is None:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('Missing post ID.')

    try:
        post = Post.objects.get(pk=post_id)
    except Post.DoesNotExist:
        return HttpResponseNotFound("That post doesn't exist.")

    embeds = post.attachments.all().select_related('embed')
    data = [{'id': embed.id, 'html': embed.html} for embed in embeds]

    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(data), content_type='application/json')