func Create(u *url.URL, h http.Header, req *models.Channel, context *models.Context) (int, http.Header, interface{}, error) {
// only logged in users can create a channel
if !context.IsLoggedIn() {
return response.NewBadRequest(models.ErrNotLoggedIn)
}
// get group name from context
req.GroupName = context.GroupName
req.CreatorId = context.Client.Account.Id
if req.PrivacyConstant == "" {
req.PrivacyConstant = models.Channel_PRIVACY_PRIVATE
// if group is koding, then make it public, because it was public before
if req.GroupName == models.Channel_KODING_NAME {
req.PrivacyConstant = models.Channel_PRIVACY_PUBLIC
}
}
if req.TypeConstant == "" {
req.TypeConstant = models.Channel_TYPE_TOPIC
}
if err := validateChannelRequest(req); err != nil {
return response.NewBadRequest(err)
}
if err := req.Create(); err != nil {
return response.NewBadRequest(err)
}
if _, err := req.AddParticipant(req.CreatorId); err != nil {
// channel create works as idempotent, that channel might have been created before
if err != models.ErrAccountIsAlreadyInTheChannel {
return response.NewBadRequest(err)
}
}
cc := models.NewChannelContainer()
if err := cc.PopulateWith(*req, context.Client.Account.Id); err != nil {
return response.NewBadRequest(err)
}
return response.NewOK(cc)
}
