post creation now saves markdown files

.gitignore

@@ -282,3 +282,6 @@ fabric.properties
 .idea/**/azureSettings.xmlnn
 
 envvars.env
+
+# Test blog posts
+/markdownblog/mdfiles/*

envvars.env

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=Pwp9^SXoD9X%R$A$fCX5
 POSTGRES_USER=mainuser
 POSTGRES_DB=django_main
+MD_FILE_PATH=/markdownblog/mdfiles

markdownblog/blog/views.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import random
 
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
@@ -40,14 +41,19 @@ def addpost(request) -> HttpResponse:
         if 'tags' in request.POST and request.POST['tags'] != '':
             tags_str = request.POST['tags'].split(" ")
             for tag in tags_str:
-                tags.append(Tag.objects.filter(name=tag)[0])
+                tags.append(Tag.objects.get_or_create(name=tag))
 
-        topicstr = request.POST['topic']
-        topics = None if topicstr == "No topic" else Topic.objects.filter(name=topicstr)[0]
+        topicid = request.POST['topic']
+        topic = None if topicid == "No topic" else Topic.objects.get(pk=topicid)
 
-        new_post = Blogpost.objects.create(title=title, topics=topics)
+        new_post = Blogpost.objects.create(title=title, topic=topic)
         new_post.tags.set(tags)
 
+        filepath = os.path.join(os.environ.get("MD_FILE_PATH"), title + ".md")
+        with open(filepath, "w+") as mdfile:
+            mdfile.write(markdown)
+            mdfile.close()
+
     context = {'alltopics': Topic.objects.all().order_by('name').values()}
     return render(request, 'blog/addpost.html', context)