prototype qmail toggling

autoreply_editor/main.py

@@ -1,25 +1,50 @@
 """Provide basic settings and views"""
 
-from flask import request, render_template, redirect
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+from flask import request, render_template
 from flask_basicauth import BasicAuth
 from autoreply_editor import app
 
 basic_auth = BasicAuth(app)
 
+
+def qmail_status(user):
+    """Find out whether the filter is currently activated for the given mail user"""
+    with open(f"{str(Path.home())}/.qmail-{user}", encoding="utf8") as dotqmail:
+        if not re.search(
+            r"^\|maildrop \$HOME/\.filter-autoreply$", dotqmail.read(), re.MULTILINE
+        ):
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
+
+
 @app.route("/")
 def index():
-    with open(app.config.get("MESSAGE_FILE"), "r") as f:
-        message = f.read()
+    with open(app.config.get("MESSAGE_FILE"), "r", encoding="utf-8") as messagefile:
+        message = messagefile.read()
 
-    return render_template("index.html", message=message)
+    return render_template(
+        "index.html",
+        message=message,
+        qmail_status=qmail_status(app.config.get("MAIL_USER")),
+    )
 
-@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
+
+@app.route("/", methods=["POST"])
 def index_post():
-    input_message = request.form['message']
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        if request.form["action"] == "message":
+            input_message = request.form["message"]
+            with open(app.config.get("MESSAGE_FILE"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as messagefile:
+                messagefile.write(str(input_message))
+                result = "Success: The autoreply message has been updated!"
 
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        with open(app.config.get("MESSAGE_FILE"), 'w') as f:
-            f.write(str(input_message))
-            result = "Success: The autoreply message has been updated!"
+        if request.form["action"] == "qmail":
+            result = f"Success: the autoreply is now {request.form['status']}."
 
-    return render_template("result.html", result=result)
+    try:
+        return render_template("result.html", result=result)
+    except UnboundLocalError:
+        return render_template("result.html", result="Something went terribly wrong!")