Add ability to add new entry with custom shortcode

slinky/__init__.py

@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ class Slinky:
         self.db = db.ShortcodeDB(db_url)  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
         self.session = self.db.session()
 
-    def add(
+    def add(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self,
-        url: str,
+        shortcode: str = '',
+        url: str = '',
         length: int = 4,
         fixed_views: int = -1,
         expiry: datetime = datetime.max,
@@ -61,7 +62,11 @@ class Slinky:
         Add a shortcode to the DB
 
         Args:
+            shortcode (str): URL path to use for the shortcode.  If not provided,
+                one will be generated.
             url (str): URL to redirect to
+            length (int): length of the desired shortcode. Only used when a shortcode
+                is generated.  Defaults to 4.
             fixed_views (int, optional): number of views to serve before expiring.
                 Defaults to 0 (no limit).
             expiry (int, optional): date of expiry. Defaults to 0 (no limit).
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ class Slinky:
         Returns:
             str: shortcode for the redirect
         """
+        if not shortcode:
             shortcode = random_string(length=length)
 
         if self.get_by_shortcode(shortcode).url:

slinky/templates/add.html

@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
     </div>
     <br />
     <form action="/_/add" method="post">
+        {{ form.shortcode.label }} {{ form.shortcode(value=shortcode) }}<br />
         {{ form.url.label }} {{ form.url }}<br />
         {{ form.length.label }} {{ form.length }}<br />
         {{ form.fixed_views.label }} {{ form.fixed_views }} (-1 for unlimited)<br />
-        {{ form.expiry.label}} {{ form.expiry(class='datepicker') }} (leave as default for unlimited)<br />
+        {{ form.expiry.label}} {{ form.expiry(class="datepicker") }} (leave as default for unlimited)<br />
 
         <button id="submit" class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" onclick="waiting();" style="margin: 1em 0;">
             Create shortcode
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
     </form>
 
     <div id="content">
-        {% if shortcode -%}
+        {% if final_url -%}
         <table class="table table-striped table-sm">
             <thead>
                 <tr>
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
             </thead>
             <tbody>
                 <tr>
-                    <td><a href="{{request.host_url}}{{ shortcode }}">{{request.host_url}}{{ shortcode }}</a></td>
+                    <td><a href="{{ final_url }}">{{ final_url }}</a></td>
                 </tr>
             </tbody>
         </table>

slinky/web.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from wtforms import HiddenField  # type: ignore[import]
 from wtforms import DateTimeLocalField, IntegerField, StringField
 from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, Length  # type: ignore[import]
 
-from slinky import Slinky
+from slinky import Slinky, random_string
 
 slinky_webapp = Blueprint('webapp', __name__, template_folder='templates')
 
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ class AddForm(FlaskForm):  # type: ignore[misc]
     Add form definition
     """
 
+    shortcode = StringField(
+        'Shortcode',
+        validators=[DataRequired(), Length(1, 2048)],
+        render_kw={
+            'size': 64,
+            'maxlength': 2048,
+        },
+    )
     url = StringField(
         'URL',
         validators=[DataRequired(), Length(1, 2048)],
@@ -88,7 +96,7 @@ def protect(func: Callable[..., Response]) -> Callable[..., Response]:
             os.environ.get('FLASK_ENV', '') != 'development'
             and request.headers['X-Forwarded-For'] not in cfg['allowed_ips']
         ):
-            print(f'Protected URL access attempt from {request.remote_addr}')
+            logging.warning('Protected URL access attempt from %s', request.remote_addr)
             return Response('Not found', 404)
         return func(*args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -133,31 +141,60 @@ def add() -> Response:
     Returns:
         Response: HTTP response
     """
-    shortcode = ''
+    slinky = Slinky(cfg['db'])
+
+    for attempts in range(50):
+        shortcode = random_string()
+        if slinky.get_by_shortcode(shortcode).url:
+            logging.warning(
+                'Shortcode already exists.  Retrying (%s/50).',
+                attempts,
+            )
+        else:
+            break
+    else:
+        return Response(
+            render_template('error.html', msg='Could not create a unique shortcode'),
+            500,
+        )
+
     url = ''
+    final_url = ''
 
     form = AddForm(meta={'csrf': False})
 
     if form.is_submitted():
+        shortcode = form.shortcode.data.strip()
         url = form.url.data.strip()
         length = form.length.data
         fixed_views = form.fixed_views.data
         expiry = form.expiry.data or datetime.max
 
     if url:
-        slinky = Slinky(cfg['db'])
-        for attempts in range(50):
         try:
-                shortcode = slinky.add(url, length, fixed_views, expiry)
+            shortcode = slinky.add(
-                break
+                shortcode=shortcode,
-            except ValueError:
+                url=url,
-                logging.warning(
+                length=length,
-                    'Shortcode already exists.  Retrying (%d/50).', attempts
+                fixed_views=fixed_views,
+                expiry=expiry,
             )
-        else:
+        except ValueError as error:
-            return Response('Could not create a unique shortcode', 500)
+            logging.warning(error)
+            return Response(render_template('error.html', msg=error), 400)
 
-    return Response(render_template('add.html', form=form, shortcode=shortcode), 200)
+        if form.is_submitted():
+            final_url = f'{request.host_url}/{shortcode}'
+
+    return Response(
+        render_template(
+            'add.html',
+            form=form,
+            shortcode=shortcode,
+            final_url=final_url,
+        ),
+        200,
+    )
 
 
 @slinky_webapp.route('/_/list', methods=['GET', 'POST'])

templates/error.html

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{% include '_head.html' -%}
+<main class="container">
+  <div class="container">
+    <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">ERROR: {{ msg }}</div>
+  </div>
+</main>
+{% include '_tail.html' -%}

tests/test_slinky.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class TestSlinky(TestCase):
         Ensure we can add a shortcode to the DB
         """
         self.assertEqual(
-            Slinky(self.test_db).add('https://www.example.com'),
+            Slinky(self.test_db).add(url='https://www.example.com'),
             'abcd',
         )
 
@@ -56,7 +56,20 @@ class TestSlinky(TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(
             ValueError,
             Slinky(self.test_db).add,
-            'https://www.example.com',
+            url='https://www.example.com',
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch('sqlalchemy.orm.session.Session.add', return_value=None)
+    def test_supplied_shortcode(self, *_: Any) -> None:
+        """
+        Ensure a shortcode can be supplied
+        """
+        self.assertEqual(
+            '__TEST__',
+            Slinky(self.test_db).add(
+                shortcode='__TEST__',
+                url='https://www.example.com',
+            ),
         )
 
     def test_get_all(self) -> None:

tests/test_web.py

@@ -1,56 +1,69 @@
 """
-Test Slinky
+Test Slinky web interface
 """
-from typing import Any
+
 from unittest import TestCase, mock
 
-from slinky import web
+from flask import Flask
+from flask_bootstrap import Bootstrap  # type: ignore[import]
+from slinky.web import slinky_webapp
 
 
-@mock.patch.dict('slinky.web.cfg', {'db': 'sqlite:///tests/test.db'})
 class TestWeb(TestCase):
     """
     Class to test Slinky code
     """
 
-    def test_simple_redirect(self, *_: Any) -> None:
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.app = Flask(__name__, template_folder='../templates')
+        self.app.register_blueprint(slinky_webapp)
+        self.app_context = self.app.app_context()
+        self.app_context.push()
+        self.client = self.app.test_client()
+
+        Bootstrap(self.app)
+
+        mock.patch.dict('slinky.web.cfg', {'db': 'sqlite:///tests/test.db'}).start()
+
+    def test_simple_redirect(self) -> None:
         """
         Ensure simple redirect works
         """
-        response = web.try_path_as_shortcode('egie')
+        response = self.client.get('/egie')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
         self.assertEqual(response.location, 'https://example.com')
 
-    def test_fixed_views(self, *_: Any) -> None:
+    def test_fixed_views(self) -> None:
         """
-        Ensure simple redirect works
+        Ensure depleted fixed views returns a 404
         """
-        response = web.try_path_as_shortcode('egig')
+        response = self.client.get('/egig')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
 
-    def test_expiry(self, *_: Any) -> None:
+    def test_expiry(self) -> None:
         """
-        Ensure simple redirect works
+        Ensure expired redirect returns a 404
         """
-        response = web.try_path_as_shortcode('egif')
+        response = self.client.get('/egif')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
 
-    @mock.patch(
+    def test_no_unique_shortcode(self) -> None:
-        'slinky.web.AddForm',
-        return_value=mock.Mock(
-            shortcode=mock.Mock(data=''),
-            url=mock.Mock(data='https://example.com'),
-            fixed_views=mock.Mock(data=0),
-            expiry=mock.Mock(data='1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000'),
-        ),
-    )
-    @mock.patch('slinky.random_string', return_value='egie')
-    def test_no_unique_shortcode(self, *_: Any) -> None:
         """
         Ensure non-unique shortcode generation returns a 500 error
         """
-        request = mock.MagicMock()
+        with mock.patch('slinky.web.random_string', return_value='egie'):
-        request.headers = {'X-Forwarded-For': '127.0.0.1'}
+            response = self.client.get(
-        with mock.patch("slinky.web.request", request):
+                '/_/add', headers={'x-forwarded-for': '127.0.0.1'}
-            response = web.add()
+            )
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 500)
+
+    def test_conflicting_random_string(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Test the condition where the random_string() returns an existing shortcode
+        """
+        with mock.patch('slinky.web.random_string', side_effect=['egie', 'egiz']):
+            response = self.client.get(
+                '/_/add',
+                headers={'x-forwarded-for': '127.0.0.1'},
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)