def vote()

in pysteve/lib/backends/files.py [0:0]

• 32 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    def vote(self, electionID, issueID, uid, vote):
        "Casts a vote on an issue"
        votes = {}
        now = time.time()
        issuepath = os.path.join(self.homedir, "issues", electionID, issueID) + ".json"
        if os.path.isfile(issuepath + ".votes"):
            with open(issuepath + ".votes", "r") as f:
                votes = json.loads(f.read())
                f.close()
        votes[uid] = {
            'vote': vote,
            'timestamp': now
        }
        
        with open(issuepath + ".votes", "w") as f:
            f.write(json.dumps(votes))
            f.close()
        
        # history backlog
        vote_history = []
        issuepath = os.path.join(self.homedir, "issues", electionID, issueID) + ".json"
        if os.path.isfile(issuepath + ".history"):
            with open(issuepath + ".history", "r") as f:
                vote_history = json.loads(f.read())
                f.close()
        vote_history.append({
            'key': uid,
            'data': {
                'vote': vote,
                'timestamp': now
            }
        })
        with open(issuepath + ".history", "w") as f:
            f.write(json.dumps(vote_history))
            f.close()