mtg-web/cards/views.py

# Create your views here.
import re
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.template.loader import render_to_string
from mtgweb.analyzer.models import Card
from mtgweb.lib.mtg.mtg import Mana, ManaCost
import mtgweb.lib.mtg.database as database

def prettify_mana(text):
    pattern = r'{%s}' % ManaCost.symbolPattern
    while True:
        match = re.search(pattern, text)
        if not match:
            break
        text = text[:match.start()] + render_to_string('cards/manacost.html', {'cost': ManaCost(str(match.group(0)))}) + text[match.end():]

    text = text.replace('{T}', render_to_string('cards/manacost.html', {'cost': 'T'}))
    return text


def display(request, name):
   card = Card.objects.get(name=name)
   cost = ManaCost(str(card.cost))
   abilities = [prettify_mana(ability) for ability in card.text.split("\n") if ability]
   return render_to_response('cards/view.html', {'card': card, 'cost': cost, 'abilities': abilities})