User:Eleanorg/2.2/sloganVoting: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:39, 25 January 2013

Visualizing consensus, or lack thereof, through typography.

Code

Create db

Run once, to create a Mongo db and put a few slogans in it to start.

#!/usr/bin/python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 
import pymongo
from pymongo import Connection
 
# create db and add some slogans to it. 
 
#======== create db with slogans
# 
connection = Connection()
myDB = connection['consentSlogans1']
collection = myDB.collection  
 
slogans = [ "YES MEANS YES", "consent is sexy", "no means no"]

for x in range(0,3):
	title = "slogan" + str(x)
	slogan = slogans[x]
 
	entry = {'title': title, 'slogan': slogan, 'tally': ' ' }
	collection.insert(entry)


#======= test it's working

for Entry in myDB.collection.find():
	print Entry

Display Voting Form

Display a random slogan from the database and invite user to vote on it.

#!/usr/bin/python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 
 
import cgi
import cgitb; cgitb.enable()
import pymongo
from pymongo import Connection
import random
 
#========= get a slogan from the db
 
connection = Connection()
myDB = connection['consentSlogans1']
collection = myDB.collection 
 
slogans = []
for entry in myDB.collection.find():		# note: could later add search criteria here to filter which slogans show up - eg most popular ones?
    slogans.append(entry)			# add each entry to 'slogans' list
#print waiting
 
howMany = len(slogans)				# find out how many items in 'slogans' list
#print howMany
options = howMany-1				# subtract one - highest index no. of list will be one less than total number (as numbered from 0.)
#print options
random = random.randint(0,options)		# pick a random number in this range, subtract 1 
#print random		
mySlogan = slogans[random]			# ...and choose the slogan at this index
#print mySlogan
 
#========== show input form
 
print "Content-Type: text/html"
print 
print """
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title></title>
    <style type="text/css">
    	.printedSlogan { font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;}
    	.textInput { height: 100px; width: 500px; margin: 0px 0px 30px 0px; }
    </style>
 
  </head>
 
<body>
 
<form action="4updateSloganTally.cgi" name="inputForm">	"""

print	"""<p class="printedSlogan">""" + mySlogan + """</p>"""

print """	<br />
	
	
	<input type="radio" name="vote" value="2">Yes<br />
	<input type="radio" name="vote" value="0">No<br />
	<input type="radio" name="vote" value="1">Maybe<br />
	
	<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
 
</body>
 
</html>"""