app.py

# all the imports
import os
import time
from hashlib import md5
from datetime import datetime
from flask import Flask, request, session, url_for, redirect, \
     render_template, abort, g, flash, _app_ctx_stack, Response
from werkzeug import check_password_hash, generate_password_hash
from functools import wraps
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
import sqlite3

# create the application object
app = Flask(__name__)

# config
app.config.from_object('config.DevelopmentConfig')

# create the sqlalchemy object
db = SQLAlchemy(app)

# login required decorator
def login_required(f):
    @wraps(f)
    def wrap(*args, **kwargs):
        if 'logged_in' in session:
            return f(*args, **kwargs)
        else:
            flash('You need to login first.')
            return redirect(url_for('login'))
    return wrap


def format_datetime(timestamp):
    """Format a timestamp for display."""
    return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp).strftime('%Y-%m-%d @ %H:%M')

def gravatar_url(email, size=80):
    """Return the gravatar image for the given email address."""
    return 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/%s?d=identicon&s=%d' % \
        (md5(email.strip().lower().encode('utf-8')).hexdigest(), size)


def get_db():
    """Opens a new database connection if there is none yet for the
    current application context.
    """
    top = _app_ctx_stack.top
    if not hasattr(top, 'sqlite_db'):
        top.sqlite_db = sqlite3.connect(app.config['DATABASE'])
        top.sqlite_db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
    return top.sqlite_db

def query_db(query, args=(), one=False):
    """Queries the database and returns a list of dictionaries."""
    cur = get_db().execute(query, args)
    rv = cur.fetchall()
    return (rv[0] if rv else None) if one else rv

@app.before_request
def before_request():
    g.user = None
    if 'user_id' in session:
        g.user = query_db('select * from user where user_id = ?',
                          [session['user_id']], one=True)

#show entries
@app.route('/')
def timeline():
    """Shows a users timeline or if no user is logged in it will
    redirect to the public timeline.  This timeline shows the user's
    messages as well as all the messages of followed users.
    """
    if not g.user:
        return redirect(url_for('public_timeline'))
    return render_template('timeline.html', messages=query_db('''
        select message.*, user.* from message, user
        where message.author_id = user.user_id and (
            user.user_id = ? or
            user.user_id in (select whom_id from follower
                                    where who_id = ?))
        order by message.pub_date desc limit ?''',
        [session['user_id'], session['user_id'], 30]))

@app.route('/public')
def public_timeline():
    """Displays the latest messages of all users."""
    return render_template('timeline.html', messages=query_db('''
        select message.*, user.* from message, user
        where message.author_id = user.user_id
        order by message.pub_date desc limit ?''', [30]))

@app.route('/<username>')
def user_timeline(username):
    """Display's a users tweets."""
    profile_user = query_db('select * from user where username = ?',
                            [username], one=True)
    if profile_user is None:
        abort(404)
    followed = False
    if g.user:
        followed = query_db('''select 1 from follower where
            follower.who_id = ? and follower.whom_id = ?''',
            [session['user_id'], profile_user['user_id']],
            one=True) is not None
    return render_template('timeline.html', messages=query_db('''
            select message.*, user.* from message, user where
            user.user_id = message.author_id and user.user_id = ?
            order by message.pub_date desc limit ?''',
            [profile_user['user_id'], PER_PAGE]), followed=followed,
            profile_user=profile_user)


@app.route('/<username>/follow')
def follow_user(username):
    """Adds the current user as follower of the given user."""
    if not g.user:
        abort(401)
    whom_id = get_user_id(username)
    if whom_id is None:
        abort(404)
    db = get_db()
    db.execute('insert into follower (who_id, whom_id) values (?, ?)',
              [session['user_id'], whom_id])
    db.commit()
    flash('You are now following "%s"' % username)
    return redirect(url_for('user_timeline', username=username))


@app.route('/<username>/unfollow')
def unfollow_user(username):
    """Removes the current user as follower of the given user."""
    if not g.user:
        abort(401)
    whom_id = get_user_id(username)
    if whom_id is None:
        abort(404)
    db = get_db()
    db.execute('delete from follower where who_id=? and whom_id=?',
              [session['user_id'], whom_id])
    db.commit()
    flash('You are no longer following "%s"' % username)
    return redirect(url_for('user_timeline', username=username))

@app.route('/add_message', methods=['POST'])
def add_message():
    """Registers a new message for the user."""
    if 'user_id' not in session:
        abort(401)
    if request.form['text']:
        db = get_db()
        db.execute('''insert into message (author_id, text, pub_date)
          values (?, ?, ?)''', (session['user_id'], request.form['text'],
                                int(time.time())))
        db.commit()
        flash('Your message was recorded')
    return redirect(url_for('timeline'))


# route for handling the login page logic
@app.route('/login', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def login():
    """Logs the user in."""
    if g.user:
        return redirect(url_for('timeline'))
    error = None
    if request.method == 'POST':
        user = query_db('''select * from user where
            username = ?''', [request.form['username']], one=True)
        if user is None:
            error = 'Invalid username'
        elif not check_password_hash(user['pw_hash'],
                                     request.form['password']):
            error = 'Invalid password'
        else:
            flash('You were logged in')
            session['user_id'] = user['user_id']
            return redirect(url_for('timeline'))
    return render_template('login.html', error=error)

@app.route('/register', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def register():
    """Registers the user."""
    if g.user:
        return redirect(url_for('timeline'))
    error = None
    if request.method == 'POST':
        if not request.form['username']:
            error = 'You have to enter a username'
        elif not request.form['email'] or \
                '@' not in request.form['email']:
            error = 'You have to enter a valid email address'
        elif not request.form['password']:
            error = 'You have to enter a password'
        elif request.form['password'] != request.form['password2']:
            error = 'The two passwords do not match'
        elif get_user_id(request.form['username']) is not None:
            error = 'The username is already taken'
        else:
            db = get_db()
            db.execute('''insert into user (
              username, email, pw_hash) values (?, ?, ?)''',
              [request.form['username'], request.form['email'],
               generate_password_hash(request.form['password'])])
            db.commit()
            flash('You were successfully registered and can login now')
            return redirect(url_for('login'))
    return render_template('register.html', error=error)

@app.route('/logout')
def logout():
    """Logs the user out."""
    flash('You were logged out')
    session.pop('user_id', None)
    return redirect(url_for('public_timeline'))


# connect to database
# def connect_db():
#     return sqlite3.connect(app.database)


# add some filters to jinja
app.jinja_env.filters['datetimeformat'] = format_datetime
app.jinja_env.filters['gravatar'] = gravatar_url

# start the server with the 'run()' method
if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run()