""" 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\[([0-9]+)\](.*)$' % re.escape(prefix)) for field, value in dictionary.items(): match = regex.match(field) if not match: continue index, key = match.groups() index = int(index) if not key: ret[index] = value elif isinstance(ret.get(index), dict): ret[index][key] = value else: ret[index] = MultiValueDict({key: [value]}) return [ret[item] for item in sorted(ret)] def parse_html_dict(dictionary, prefix=''): """ Used to support dictionary values in HTML forms. { 'profile.username': 'example', 'profile.email': 'example@example.com', } --> { 'profile': { 'username': 'example', 'email': 'example@example.com' } } """ ret = MultiValueDict() regex = re.compile(r'^%s\.(.+)$' % 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