(slightly) less primitive message editing support

bbj.el

@@ -467,19 +467,31 @@ it worked on emacs 24."
 
 (defun bbj-edit-post ()
   (interactive)
-  (let ((adminp (bbj-request "is_admin" 'target_user bbj-username))
-        (callback `(lambda ()
-            (let* ((message (bbj-consume-window (current-buffer)))
-                   (request (bbj-request "edit_post"
-                             'post_id ,(alist-get 'post_id (bbj-post-prop 'data))
-                             'body message 'thread_id ,thread-id)))
-              (if (numberp (bbj-descend request 'error 'code))
-                  (message bbj-descend request 'error 'description)
-                (message "post edited")
-                (bbj-enter-thread ,thread-id))))))
+  (when (eq bbj-buffer-type 'index)
+    (let ((buffer (current-buffer)))
+      (bbj-enter)
+      (unless (eql buffer (current-buffer))
+        (bbj-edit-post))))
+  (let* ((post (alist-get 'post_id (bbj-post-prop 'data)))
+         (adminp (bbj-request "is_admin" 'target_user bbj-username))
+         (message (alist-get 'body (bbj-post-prop 'data)))
+         (query (bbj-request "edit_query" 'post_id post 'thread_id thread-id))
+         (callback `(lambda ()
+             (let* ((message (bbj-consume-window (current-buffer)))
+                    (request (bbj-request "edit_post"
+                              'post_id ,post
+                              'body message 'thread_id ,thread-id)))
+               (if (numberp (bbj-descend request 'error 'code))
+                   (message bbj-descend request 'error 'description)
+                 (message "post edited")
+                 (bbj-enter-thread ,thread-id))))))
     (cond
-     ((and (not (eq ))))
-     )))
+     ((numberp (bbj-descend query 'error 'code))
+      (message (bbj-descend query 'error 'description)))
+     (t
+      (bbj-compose-in-window "Editing post (including html) (C-c C-c to send)" callback)
+      (insert message)
+      (goto-char (point-min))))))
 
 
 (defun bbj-browse-index ()

src/db.py

@@ -190,7 +190,12 @@ def user_namecheck(name):
         return False, schema.error(4,
             "Username cannot contain whitespace chars besides spaces.")
 
-    elif len(username) > 24:
+    elif not name.strip():
+        return False, schema.error(4,
+            "Username must contain at least one non-space character")
+
+
+    elif len(name) > 24:
         return False, schema.error(4,
             "Username is too long (max 24 chars)")
 
@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ def user_namecheck(name):
 
 def user_authcheck(auth_hash):
     if not auth_hash:
-        return schema.error(3,
+        return False, schema.error(3,
             "auth_hash may not be empty")
 
     elif len(auth_hash) != 64:
@@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ def user_authcheck(auth_hash):
 
 def user_quipcheck(quip):
     if not quip:
-        return ""
+        return True, True
 
     elif contains_nonspaces(quip):
         return False, schema.error(4,
@@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ def user_quipcheck(quip):
 
 def user_biocheck(bio):
     if not bio:
-        return ""
+        return True, True
 
     elif len(bio) > 4096:
         return False, schema.error(4,

src/endpoints.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ endpoints = {
     "thread_create":   ["title", "body", "tags"],
     "thread_reply":    ["thread_id", "body"],
     "edit_post":       ["thread_id", "post_id", "body"],
+    "edit_query":      ["thread_id", "post_id"],
     "can_edit":        ["thread_id", "post_id"],
     "user_register":   ["user", "auth_hash", "quip", "bio"],
     "user_get":        ["target_user"],
@@ -100,13 +101,17 @@ def user_register(json):
 
     return schema.response(
         db.user_register(
-            json["user"],
             json["auth_hash"],
+            json["user"],
             json["quip"],
             json["bio"]))
 
 
 def user_get(json):
+    """
+    On success, returns an external user object for target_user (ID or name).
+    If the user isn't in the system, returns false.
+    """
     user = db.user_resolve(json["target_user"])
     if not user:
         return False
@@ -146,6 +151,10 @@ def thread_reply(json):
     return schema.response(reply)
 
 
+def edit_query(json):
+    return db.edit_handler(json)[1]
+
+
 def can_edit(json):
     return db.edit_handler(json)[0]
 
@@ -154,9 +163,9 @@ def edit_post(json):
     thread = db.thread_load(json["thread_id"])
     admin = db.user_is_admin(json["user"])
     target_id = json["post_id"]
-    query, obj = db.edit_handler(json, thread)
+    ok, obj = db.edit_handler(json, thread)
 
-    if query:
+    if ok:
         obj["body"] = json["body"]
         obj["lastmod"] = time()
         obj["edited"] = True