Source code for evennia.web.website.views.help

"""
Views to manipulate help entries.

Multi entry object type supported added by DaveWithTheNiceHat 2021
    Pull Request #2429
"""

from django.conf import settings
from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest
from django.utils.text import slugify
from django.views.generic import DetailView, ListView

from evennia.help.filehelp import FILE_HELP_ENTRIES
from evennia.help.models import HelpEntry
from evennia.utils.ansi import strip_ansi
from evennia.utils.utils import inherits_from

DEFAULT_HELP_CATEGORY = settings.DEFAULT_HELP_CATEGORY


[docs]def get_help_category(help_entry, slugify_cat=True): """Returns help category. Args: help_entry (HelpEntry, FileHelpEntry or Command): Help entry instance. slugify_cat (bool): If true the return string is slugified. Default is True. Notes: If an entry does not have a `help_category` attribute, DEFAULT_HELP_CATEGORY from the settings file is used. If the entry does not have attribute 'web_help_entries'. One is created with a slugified copy of the attribute help_category. This attribute is used for sorting the entries for the help index (ListView) page. Returns: help_category (str): The category for the help entry. """ help_category = getattr(help_entry, "help_category", None) if not help_category: help_category = getattr(help_entry, "db_help_category", DEFAULT_HELP_CATEGORY) # if one does not exist, create a category for ease of use with web views html templates if not hasattr(help_entry, "web_help_category"): setattr(help_entry, "web_help_category", slugify(help_category)) help_category = help_category.lower() return slugify(help_category) if slugify_cat else help_category
[docs]def get_help_topic(help_entry): """Get the topic of the help entry. Args: help_entry (HelpEntry, FileHelpEntry or Command): Help entry instance. Returns: help_topic (str): The topic of the help entry. Default is 'unknown_topic'. """ help_topic = getattr(help_entry, "key", None) # if object has no key, assume it is a db help entry. if not help_topic: help_topic = getattr(help_entry, "db_key", "unknown_topic") # if one does not exist, create a key for ease of use with web views html templates if not hasattr(help_entry, "web_help_key"): setattr(help_entry, "web_help_key", slugify(help_topic)) return help_topic.lower()
[docs]def can_read_topic(cmd_or_topic, account): """Check if an account or puppet has read access to a help entry. Args: cmd_or_topic (Command, HelpEntry or FileHelpEntry): The topic/command to test. account: the account or puppet checking for access. Returns: bool: If command can be viewed or not. Notes: This uses the 'read' lock. If no 'read' lock is defined, the topic is assumed readable by all. Even if this returns False, the entry will still be visible in the help index unless `can_list_topic` is also returning False. """ if inherits_from(cmd_or_topic, "evennia.commands.command.Command"): return cmd_or_topic.auto_help and cmd_or_topic.access(account, "read", default=True) else: return cmd_or_topic.access(account, "read", default=True)
[docs]def collect_topics(account): """Collect help topics from all sources (cmd/db/file). Args: account (Character or Account): Account or Character to collect help topics from. Returns: cmd_help_topics (dict): contains Command instances. db_help_topics (dict): contains HelpEntry instances. file_help_topics (dict): contains FileHelpEntry instances """ # collect commands of account and all puppets # skip a command if an entry is recorded with the same topics, category and help entry cmd_help_topics = [] if not str(account) == "AnonymousUser": # create list of account and account's puppets puppets = account.characters.all() + [account] # add the account's and puppets' commands to cmd_help_topics list for puppet in puppets: for cmdset in puppet.cmdset.get(): # removing doublets in cmdset, caused by cmdhandler # having to allow doublet commands to manage exits etc. cmdset.make_unique(puppet) # retrieve all available commands and database / file-help topics. # also check the 'cmd:' lock here for cmd in cmdset: # skip the command if the puppet does not have access if not cmd.access(puppet, "cmd"): continue # skip the command if the puppet does not have read access if not can_read_topic(cmd, puppet): continue # skip the command if it's help entry already exists in the topic list entry_exists = False for verify_cmd in cmd_help_topics: if ( verify_cmd.key and cmd.key and verify_cmd.help_category == cmd.help_category and verify_cmd.__doc__ == cmd.__doc__ ): entry_exists = True break if entry_exists: continue # add this command to the list cmd_help_topics.append(cmd) # Verify account has read access to filehelp entries and gather them into a dictionary file_help_topics = { topic.key.lower().strip(): topic for topic in FILE_HELP_ENTRIES.all() if can_read_topic(topic, account) } # Verify account has read access to database entries and gather them into a dictionary db_help_topics = { topic.key.lower().strip(): topic for topic in HelpEntry.objects.all() if can_read_topic(topic, account) } # Collect commands into a dictionary, read access verified at puppet level cmd_help_topics = { cmd.auto_help_display_key if hasattr(cmd, "auto_help_display_key") else cmd.key: cmd for cmd in cmd_help_topics } return cmd_help_topics, db_help_topics, file_help_topics
[docs]class HelpMixin: """ This is a "mixin", a modifier of sorts. Any view class with this in its inheritance list will be modified to work with HelpEntry objects instead of generic Objects or otherwise. """ # -- Evennia constructs -- page_title = "Help"
[docs] def get_queryset(self): """ Django hook; here we want to return a list of only those HelpEntries and other documentation that the current user is allowed to see. Returns: queryset (list): List of Help entries available to the user. """ account = self.request.user # collect all help entries cmd_help_topics, db_help_topics, file_help_topics = collect_topics(account) # merge the entries file_db_help_topics = {**file_help_topics, **db_help_topics} all_topics = {**file_db_help_topics, **cmd_help_topics} all_entries = list(all_topics.values()) # sort the entries all_entries.sort(key=get_help_topic) # sort alphabetically all_entries.sort(key=get_help_category) # group by categories return all_entries
[docs]class HelpListView(HelpMixin, ListView): """ Returns a list of help entries that can be viewed by a user, authenticated or not. """ # -- Django constructs -- paginate_by = 500 template_name = "website/help_list.html" # -- Evennia constructs -- page_title = "Help Index"
[docs]class HelpDetailView(HelpMixin, DetailView): """ Returns the detail page for a given help entry. """ # -- Django constructs -- # the html template to use when contructing the detail page for a help topic template_name = "website/help_detail.html" @property def page_title(self): # Makes sure the page has a sensible title. obj = self.get_object() topic = get_help_topic(obj) return f"{topic} detail"
[docs] def get_context_data(self, **kwargs): """ Adds navigational data to the template to let browsers go to the next or previous entry in the help list. Returns: context (dict): Django context object """ context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs) # get a full query set full_set = self.get_queryset() # Get the object in question obj = self.get_object(full_set) # filter non related categories from the query set obj_category = get_help_category(obj) category_set = [] for entry in full_set: entry_category = get_help_category(entry) if entry_category.lower() == obj_category.lower(): category_set.append(entry) context["topic_list"] = category_set # Find the index position of the given obj in the category set objs = list(category_set) for i, x in enumerate(objs): if obj is x: break # Find the previous and next topics, if either exist try: assert i + 1 <= len(objs) and objs[i + 1] is not obj context["topic_next"] = objs[i + 1] except: context["topic_next"] = None try: assert i - 1 >= 0 and objs[i - 1] is not obj context["topic_previous"] = objs[i - 1] except: context["topic_previous"] = None # Get the help entry text text = "Failed to find entry." if inherits_from(obj, "evennia.commands.command.Command"): text = obj.__doc__ elif inherits_from(obj, "evennia.help.models.HelpEntry"): text = obj.db_entrytext elif inherits_from(obj, "evennia.help.filehelp.FileHelpEntry"): text = obj.entrytext text = strip_ansi(text) # remove ansii markups context["entry_text"] = text.strip() return context
[docs] def get_object(self, queryset=None): """ Override of Django hook that retrieves an object by category and topic instead of pk and slug. Args: queryset (list): A list of help entry objects. Returns: entry (HelpEntry, FileHelpEntry or Command): HelpEntry requested in the URL. """ if hasattr(self, "obj"): return getattr(self, "obj", None) # Get the queryset for the help entries the user can access if not queryset: queryset = self.get_queryset() # get the category and topic requested category = slugify(self.kwargs.get("category", "")) topic = slugify(self.kwargs.get("topic", "")) # Find the object in the queryset obj = None for entry in queryset: # continue to next entry if the topics do not match entry_topic = get_help_topic(entry) if not slugify(entry_topic) == topic: continue # if the category also matches, object requested is found entry_category = get_help_category(entry) if slugify(entry_category) == category: obj = entry break # Check if this object was requested in a valid manner if not obj: return HttpResponseBadRequest(f"No ({category}/{topic})s found matching the query.") else: # cache the object if one was found self.obj = obj return obj