forms now work up to the point where a new game is to be created. the function for checking user input is still empty.

gamecreation.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def display_game_creation_form(req,sessionid,username):
 	<p>Goban Size: %s fields </p>
 	<input type="hidden" name="sessionid" value="%s"><p>
 	<input type="hidden" name="username" value="%s"><p>
-	<input type="submit" value="create game"></p>
+	<input type="submit" name="create" value="create game"></p>
 	</form>
 	""" % (p1data,p2data,gobansize,sessionid,username)
 
@@ -32,15 +32,18 @@ def display_game_creation_form(req,sessionid,username):
 	data+=helper.footer()
 	req.write(data)
 
-def process_creation_form(req):
+def process_creation_form(req,form):
 	"""
 	validates and processes the game creation form. 
 	If everything was ok, a game will be created.
 	"""
 	#check if at least one of the players is the current user
-	#create game name
-	#create_game
-	#update entries for player one and player two
+	if (form["playerone"] == form["username"]) or (form["playertwo"] == form["username"]):
+		#create game name
+		#create_game
+		#update entries for player one and player two
+	else:
+		
 	pass
 
 def create_user_dropdown_list(listname,selected = ""):
@@ -79,12 +82,14 @@ def main(req,form):
 	gets a request object and a util.FieldStorage form.
 	returns nothing.
 	"""
+	req.write(str(form.keys())+"<hr>")
+	
 	username 	= form["username"]
 	#TODO:check if valid session id
 	sessionid 	= form["sessionid"] 
-	if "create" in form.keys():	#first call of this function
-		display_game_creation_form(req,sessionid,username)
+	if "gobansize" in form.keys():	#user already clicked on create
+		process_creation_form(req,form)
 	else:
-		process_creation_form(req)
+		display_game_creation_form(req,sessionid,username)	
 	form = util.FieldStorage(req)
 	req.write(str(form))

login.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from mod_python import *
 
 def process_form(req,form):
 	"""
-	reads username and passsword from form
+	reads username and password from form
 	"""
 	#if form == empty (which means if page is displayed for the first time):
 	req.write(str(form.keys()))
@@ -69,11 +69,10 @@ def game_overview_form(req,user,sessionid):
 	if counter > 0:
 		data+= "You have %s free game slots.<br>" % counter
 		data += """
-		<form>
-		<input type=submit name="create" value="Start a new game">
+		<form method="post">
 		<input type="hidden" name="sessionid" value="%s">
 		<input type="hidden" name="username" value="%s">
-		
+		<input type=submit name="create" value="Start a new game">		
 		</form>
 		""" %  (sessionid, user)
 	else:
@@ -111,13 +110,14 @@ def login_form():
 
 
 
-def main(req):
-	#get instance of fieldstorage
-	form = util.FieldStorage(req)
+def main(req,form):
 	if "sessionid" not in form.keys():
 		req.write(login_form())
 	elif ("create" in form.keys()) and ("username" in form.keys()):
 		#user wants to create a new game
-		gamecreation.main(req,form)
+		#gamecreation = apache.import_module("gamecreation")
+		#gamecreation.main(req,form)
+		#gamecreation.main(req,form)
+		pass
 	else:
 		process_form(req,form)

main.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ taken from http://gnosis.cx/publish/programming/feature_5min_python.html
 modified a little
 """
 
-from mod_python import apache
+from mod_python import *
 
 import sys, traceback
 import init_webgo
@@ -15,14 +15,23 @@ DEBUG = 1
 
 def handler(req):
 	# "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
-	req.content_type =  "text/html"
+	req.content_type =  "text/html"#was:text/html
 	try:               # use explicit exception handling
 		#reinitialize database
 		#init_webgo.main()
-
-		login = apache.import_module("login")
-		login.main(req)
-		return apache.OK
+		
+		#load form, then delegate request
+		form = util.FieldStorage(req)
+		if "create" in form.keys():
+			gamecreation = apache.import_module("gamecreation")
+			gamecreation.main(req,form)
+			return apache.OK
+		else:
+			#call login.py
+			login = apache.import_module("login")
+			login.main(req,form)
+			return apache.OK
+		
 	except:
 		import time
 		errtime = '----- '+ time.ctime(time.time()) +' -----\n'