cave edit working with cookies

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/core/utils.py b/core/utils.py
index 904faad..5ba1b4b 100644
--- a/core/utils.py
+++ b/core/utils.py
@@ -198,6 +198,13 @@ def parse_aliases(aliasfile):
         return [(None, None)], "Fail on file reading"
     return aliases, report
 
+def get_cookie(request):
+    NO_COOKIE_DEFAULT = 'H&ouml;hlenforscher <hohlenforscher@stonebridge.expo>'
+    print(f"-- Getting cookie...")
+    editor_id = request.COOKIES.get('editor_id', NO_COOKIE_DEFAULT) # if no cookie, then default string
+    editor =  git_string(editor_id) # belt and braces, should have been validity checked on saving already
+    print(f"-- Cookie to be used: {editor=}") 
+    return editor
 
 def git_string(author_string):
     """Rewrites the supplied editor string intoa git-complient author string
@@ -207,13 +214,13 @@ def git_string(author_string):
     author_regex = re.compile(r'^[a-zA-Z][\w\s\_\.\-]* <[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-_]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}>$')
 
     if author_regex.match(author_string):
-        print(f"Valid git-compatible author string: '{author_string}'")
+        print(f"++ Is valid git-compatible author string: '{author_string}'")
         return author_string
     else:
         editor = author_string.replace("@","_at_")
         editor = re.sub('[^0-9a-zA-Z_\.]+', '*', editor)
         editor += f" <{editor}@potatohut.expo>"
-        print(f"Not git-compatible author string, replacing as '{editor}'")
+        print(f"++ Not git-compatible author string '{author_string}', replacing as '{editor}'")
         return editor