switched to function based view for HttpResponse requirement and added helper...

switched to function based view for HttpResponse requirement and added helper function to convert utc datetime object to local time

switched to function based view for HttpResponse requirement and added helper...
switched to function based view for HttpResponse requirement and added helper function to convert utc datetime object to local time
0d3f27d7 · RJC · 39adbf29 · 0d3f27d7
Commit 0d3f27d7 authored Mar 05, 2023 by RJC
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--- a/widget_robo_mommy/forum/views.py
+++ b/widget_robo_mommy/forum/views.py
 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.views import generic
+from django.http import HttpResponse
-from .models import ForumPost, Reply
+from .models import ForumPost
+import pytz
-# Create your views here.
+from django.utils import timezone
-class ForumPostListView(generic.ListView):
-    model = ForumPost
-    template_name = 'forum/forumpost_list.html'
+# helper function to convert utc datetime object to local time
-    queryset = ForumPost.objects.all()
+def convert_utc_to_local(utctime):
-    context_object_name = 'forumposts'
+    datetime_format = '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M'
+    utc = utctime.replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC)
+    localtz = utc.astimezone(timezone.get_current_timezone())
+    return localtz.strftime(datetime_format)
+def forum_post_list_view(request):
+    html_string_1 = '<html lang="en"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title>Forum Post List</title>' \
+                    '<h1>Forum Post List</h1></head><ul>'
+    html_string_2 = ''
+    for fp in ForumPost.objects.all():
+        html_string_2 += '<li><b style="font-size: 30px">{}</b>' \
+                         ' by <b style="font-size: large">{} {}</b>' \
+                         ' posted <b>{}</b><p>{}</p><ul>'.format(fp.title,
+                                                                 fp.author.first_name,
+                                                                 fp.author.last_name,
+                                                                 convert_utc_to_local(fp.pub_datetime), fp.body)
+        for replies in fp.reply.all():
+            html_string_2 += '<li> Reply by <b>{} {}</b> ' \
+                             'posted <b>{}</b><p>{}</p></li>'.format(replies.author.first_name,
+                                                                     replies.author.last_name,
+                                                                     convert_utc_to_local(replies.pub_datetime),
+                                                                     replies.body)
+        html_string_2 += '</ul></li>'
+    html_string_final = html_string_1 + html_string_2 + '</ul></html>'
+    return HttpResponse(html_string_final)