townsquare/model/channel.py

   1
   2 from fma import SuperDoc
   3 from fma.orm import relation
   4
   5 #TODO: membership/subscription, member roles
   6 #CHECK: allow markdown in the description?
   7 class Channel(SuperDoc):
   8     _collection_name = 'channels'
   9
  10     @property
  11     def url(self):
  12         return '/channel/' + str(self._id)
  13
  14     def get_short_description(self):
  15         if not hasattr(self, 'description'):
  16             return ''
  17         if len(self.description) < 140:
  18             return self.description
  19         #TODO: truncate string
  20         desc = self.description
  21         iend = desc.rfind(' ', 0, 137)
  22         if iend < 0:
  23             desc = "%s..." % desc[0:137]
  24         else:
  25             desc = "%s..." % desc[0:iend]
  26         #TODO: find the last space or return as-is if no spaces within
  27         return desc
  28
  29     def save(self):
  30         #TODO: check attributes
  31         if self.name is None or len(self.name) is 0:
  32             #TODO: take the name from the few first words of the description (or bail out?)
  33             pass
  34         if self.idname is None or len(self.idname) is 0:
  35             #TODO: generate idname (case-insensitive unique url-safe name) from title (name)
  36             # if the idname is not provided generate it from name
  37             # if the generated idname conflicts with existing one, add serial (dunno how to track the existing serials)
  38             # if the idname is provided but that idname is already exists, bail out
  39             pass
  40         super(Channel, self).save()