Properly parse tweet urls when submitting

src/twit2blogpkg/server.nim

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import strutils, options, sugar, sequtils, asyncdispatch, threadpool, db_sqlite, json
+import strutils, options, sugar, sequtils, asyncdispatch, threadpool, db_sqlite, json, strformat, uri, strscans
 import twitter
 import templates
 import jester
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ type TwitterThread = ref object of RootObj
   author: string
   tweets: string
 
+proc parseTweetUrl(url : string) : Option[ThreadRequest] =
+  let path = url.parseUri.path
+  var author : string
+  var tweetID : int
+  if scanf(path, "/$w/status/$i", author, tweetID):
+    some(ThreadRequest(tweetID : $tweetID, author: author))
+  else:
+    none(ThreadRequest)
+
 var chan : Channel[ThreadRequest]
 
 # Max 20 items processing
@@ -60,17 +69,16 @@ router twitblog:
     resp authors.mainPage
 
   post "/thread":
-    let params = request.formData
+    let params = request.params
-    if not ("tweetID" in params and "author" in params):
+    if not ("tweetURL" in params):
-      resp "nope"
+      resp "Invalid"
 
-    let tweetID = params["tweetID"].body
+    let threadURL = params["tweetURL"].parseTweetUrl
-    let author = params["author"].body
-
-    let thread = threadExists(tweetID, author)
 
-    chan.send(ThreadRequest(tweetID: tweetID, author: author))
+    if threadURL.isSome:
-    resp checkBack()
+      redirect (fmt"/thread/{threadURL.get.author}/status/{threadURL.get.tweetID}")
+    else:
+      resp "Invalid"
 
   get "/thread/@author/status/@tweetID":
     let tweetID = @"tweetID"

src/twit2blogpkg/templates.nim

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ proc listThreads*(author : string,
         li: a(href = fmt"/thread/{author}/status/{thread}"): text thread
   result = $vnode
 
-
 ## Main page
 proc listAuthors*(authors : seq[string]) : VNode =
   let title = "Authors"
@@ -45,7 +44,10 @@ proc listAuthors*(authors : seq[string]) : VNode =
 proc submitThread() : VNode =
   let vnode = buildHtml(tdiv):
     form(action = "/thread", `method`="POST", class="submit-thread"):
-      text "blah"
+      tdiv:
+        label(`for`="tweetUrl"):
+          text "Tweet URL"
+        input(`type`="text", name="tweetURL", id="tweeturl", required="true")
   result = vnode
 
 proc mainPage*(authors : seq[string]) : string =