775 

   776 

   777 def getSurveyResponseFromPost(survey, post_dict):

   778   """Returns the data for a SurveyRecord that answer the questions

   779   posed in the given Survey's schema.

   780 

   781   Args:

   782       survey: a Survey entity

   783       post_dict: dictionary with data from the POST request

   784   """

   785 

   786   # TODO(ljvderijk) deal with the comment fields neatly

   787 

   788   # get the schema for this survey

   789   schema = SurveyContentSchema(survey.survey_content.schema)

   790   schema_dict = schema.schema

   791 

   792   # fill a dictionary with the data to be stored in the SurveyRecord

   793   response_dict = {}

   794 

   795   for name, value in post_dict.items():

   796     # make sure name is a string

   797     name = name.encode()

   798 

   799     if name not in schema_dict:

   800       # property not in survey schema ignore

   801       continue

   802     else:

   803       pick_multi = schema.getType(name) == 'pick_multi'

   804 

   805       if pick_multi and hasattr(post_dict, 'getlist'): # it's a multidict

   806         # validation asks for a list of values

   807         value = post_dict.getlist(name)

   808 

   809     response_dict[name] = value

   810 

   811     # handle comments

   812     if schema.getHasComment(name):

   813       comment_name = COMMENT_PREFIX + name

   814       comment = post_dict.get(comment_name)

   815       if comment:

   816         response_dict[comment_name] = comment

   817 

   818   return response_dict