"""
Helpers for dealing with HTML input.
"""
import re
from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
def is_html_input(dictionary):
# MultiDict type datastructures are used to represent HTML form input,
# which may have more than one value for each key.
return hasattr(dictionary, 'getlist')
def parse_html_list(dictionary, prefix=''):
"""
Used to support list values in HTML forms.
Supports lists of primitives and/or dictionaries.
* List of primitives.
{
'[0]': 'abc',
'[1]': 'def',
'[2]': 'hij'
}
-->
[
'abc',
'def',
'hij'
]
* List of dictionaries.
{
'[0]foo': 'abc',
'[0]bar': 'def',
'[1]foo': 'hij',
'[1]bar': 'klm',
}
-->
[
{'foo': 'abc', 'bar': 'def'},
{'foo': 'hij', 'bar': 'klm'}
]
"""
ret = {}
regex = re.compile(r'^%s\[([0-9]+)\](.*)$' % re.escape(prefix))
for field, value in dictionary.items():
match = regex.match(field)
if not match:
continue
index, key = match.groups()
index = int(index)
if not key:
ret[index] = value
elif isinstance(ret.get(index), dict):
ret[index][key] = value
else:
ret[index] = MultiValueDict({key: [value]})
return [ret[item] for item in sorted(ret.keys())]
def parse_html_dict(dictionary, prefix=''):
"""
Used to support dictionary values in HTML forms.
{
'profile.username': 'example',
'profile.email': 'example@example.com',
}
-->
{
'profile': {
'username': 'example',
'email': 'example@example.com'
}
}
"""
ret = MultiValueDict()
regex = re.compile(r'^%s\.(.+)$' % re.escape(prefix))
for field in dictionary:
match = regex.match(field)
if not match:
continue
key = match.groups()[0]
value = dictionary.getlist(field)
ret.setlist(key, value)
return ret