dict -> tableclass -> write to table seems to work

slaeforms/app.py

@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for, request, session, make_response, jso
 from flask import render_template
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase
-from sqlalchemy import Integer, String
+from sqlalchemy import Integer, String, Column
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import UUID
 from datetime import datetime
 import uuid
+from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
+
+# declarative base for testing dynamical creaton of table
+from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase
 
-# get all dbtables that the user created
-from dbtables import *
 
 random_order = True
 
@@ -25,6 +27,9 @@ app = Flask(__name__)
 # configure the database, give it a path (it will be in the instances folder)
 app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = "sqlite:///database.db"
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+
+Base = DeclarativeBase()
+
 #set the secret key (TODO change this for final deployment)
 app.secret_key = b"29fe9e8edd407c5491d4f1c05632d9fa33e26ed8734a3f5e080ebac3772a555a"
 
@@ -41,9 +46,102 @@ questions = list(config)
 
 # JSON TEST-------------------------------------------
 configtest = open("test.json")
-config = json.load(configtest) #convert json to dict
+#config = json.load(configtest) #convert json to dict
 configtest.close()
-blocks = list(config) # get the block names, aka a list of all keys
+#blocks = list(config) # get the block names, aka a list of all keys
+
+database_schema = {
+    "table_name": "userstest",
+    "id": {"type": "integer", "nullable": False},
+    "username": {"type": "string", "nullable": False,  "size": 20},
+    "age": {"type": "integer", "nullable": True}
+}
+
+tablename = database_schema["table_name"].capitalize()
+
+#check tables
+@app.route('/print_tables')
+def print_tables():
+    inspector = db.inspect(db.engine)
+    tables = inspector.get_table_names()
+    return ', '.join(tables)
+
+# test function to create tables from dicts
+def create_model_class(schema):
+    class_name = schema["table_name"].capitalize()
+
+    # Define class attributes dynamically
+    attributes = {"__tablename__": schema["table_name"]}
+
+    attributes["uid"] = Column(db.UUID(as_uuid=True), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
+
+
+    for column_name, column_info in schema.items():
+        if column_name != "table_name":
+            if column_info["type"] == "integer":
+                column_type = Integer
+            elif column_info["type"] == "string":
+                column_type = String(column_info["size"])
+
+            attributes[column_name] = Column(column_type, nullable=column_info["nullable"])
+
+    # Create the model class
+    return type(class_name, (db.Model,), attributes)
+
+print("creating the userstest table")
+customtable = create_model_class(database_schema)
+print(customtable)
+try:
+    with app.app_context():
+        print("try to create tables")
+        db.create_all()
+except SQLAlchemyError as e:
+    print("Error occurred during database creation:", str(e))
+
+
+
+@app.route("/customsendtest/", methods=["POST"])
+def customsendtest():
+    # Extract form data
+    form_data = request.form
+
+    # Create a new instance of the dynamically generated model
+    new_user = customtable()
+
+    # Assign form data to model attributes
+    for key, value in form_data.items():
+        if hasattr(new_user, key):
+            setattr(new_user, key, value)
+    new_id = uuid.uuid4()
+    setattr(new_user, "uid",new_id)
+
+    # Add new user to the database session and commit changes
+    try:
+        #print("new idea: {new_id} ".format(new_id=new_id))
+        db.session.add(new_user)
+        db.session.commit()
+        return 'Data submitted successfully!'
+    except SQLAlchemyError as e:
+            print("Error occurred during database commit:", str(e))
+            return 'Data not submitted successfully!'
+
+@app.route("/datatest")
+def testdatapage():
+    table1 = customtable.query.all()
+    return render_template(
+        "data.html",
+        responses = table1
+    )
+@app.route("/custom")
+def custom():
+    try:
+        with app.app_context():
+            db.create_all()
+    except SQLAlchemyError as e:
+        print("Error occurred during database creation:", str(e))
+    return render_template(
+        "templatetest1.html"
+    )
 
 
 
@@ -68,18 +166,15 @@ class User(db.Model):
         return "<User %r>" % self.user_id
 
 # create the table (existing tables are not overwritten)
-with app.app_context():
-    db.create_all()
-
+try:
+    with app.app_context():
+        db.create_all()
+except SQLAlchemyError as e:
+        print("Error occurred during database creation:", str(e))
 
 @app.route("/customsend/<inputid>", methods=["POST"])
 def customsend():
 
-
-
-
-
-    
     session_user_id = session["slaeform_user_id"]
     likert_score = request.form["likertscale"]
     text_input = request.form["feedback"]
@@ -96,14 +191,6 @@ def customsend():
     except:
             return "There was a problem while adding the response to the Database"
 
-@app.route("/custom")
-def custom():
-
-
-
-    return render_template(
-        "templatetest1.html"
-    )
 
 @app.route("/video", methods=["GET", "POST"])
 def videopage():
@@ -271,3 +358,6 @@ def blank():
     return "blank page"
 
 
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Create database tables
+    db.create_all()

slaeforms/templates/templatetest1.html

@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@
 </head>
 
 <body>
-
+    <form action = "http://localhost:5000/customsendtest" method = "post">
+        <label for="id">id:</label>
+            <input type="number" id="id" name="id" min="0" max="999" required>
+        <label for="feedback">Additional Feedback: </label>
+            <textarea id="username" name="username" rows="1" cols="30" maxlength="20" required></textarea>
+        <label for="age">age:</label>
+            <input type="number" id="age" name="age" min="0" max="999">
+        <p><input id="submitbutton" type = "submit" value = "submit";/></p>
+    </form>
     
 </body>
 

slaeforms/test.json

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
     "Block 2":{
         "type": "TaskTemplate",
         "tempalte": "tempaltetest1.html",
-        "name" : "Block2Responses"
+        "name" : "Block2Responses",
         "databasetable": {
             "question_title" : {
-                "type:"
+                "type":"likert"
             }
         }
     },