2 # this is for django objects only
3 #from django.core import serializers
4 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden
6 from engine.manifoldquery import ManifoldQuery
7 from engine.manifoldapi import ManifoldAPI
9 # this view is what the javascript talks to when it sends a query
13 # static/js/manifold-async.js
14 def api (request,format):
15 """the view associated with /manifold/api/
16 with the query passed using POST"""
19 if request.method != 'POST':
20 print "manifoldproxy.api: unexpected method %s -- exiting"%request.method
22 # we only support json for now
23 # if needed in the future we should probably cater for
24 # format_in : how is the query encoded in POST
25 # format_out: how to serve the results
27 print "manifoldproxy.api: unexpected format %s -- exiting"%format
29 # translate incoming POST request into a query object
30 manifold_query = ManifoldQuery()
31 manifold_query.fill_from_dict(request.POST)
32 # retrieve session for request
33 manifold_api_session_auth = request.session['manifold']['auth']
35 manifold_api= ManifoldAPI(auth=manifold_api_session_auth)
36 answer=manifold_api.send_manifold_query (manifold_query)
37 # return json-encoded answer
38 return HttpResponse (json.dumps(answer), mimetype="application/json")
41 # see CSRF_FAILURE_VIEW in settings.py
42 # the purpose of redefining this was to display the failure reason somehow
43 # this however turns out disappointing/not very informative
44 failure_answer=[ "csrf_failure" ]
45 def csrf_failure(request, reason=""):
46 print "CSRF failure with reason '%s'"%reason
47 return HttpResponseForbidden (json.dumps (failure_answer), mimetype="application/json")