def vote()

in pysteve/lib/election.py [0:0]

• 16 lines of code
• 7 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def vote(electionID, issueID, voterID, vote):
    "Casts a vote on an issue"
    basedata = getBasedata(electionID)
    issueData = getIssue(electionID, issueID)
    if basedata and issueData:
        xhash = constants.hexdigest(electionID + ":" + voterID)
        vhash = constants.hexdigest(xhash + issueID)
        votehash = constants.hexdigest(basedata['hash'] + issueID + voterID + vote)
        
        # Vote verification
        voteType = getVoteType(issueData)
        if voteType.get('vote_func'):
            # This will/should raise an exception if the vote is invalid
            uid = voter.get(electionID, basedata, voterID)
            voteType['vote_func'](basedata, issueID, voterID, vote, uid)
            
        backend.vote(electionID, issueID, voterID, vote, vhash = vhash)
        
        # LURK on who voted :O :O :O
       # if config.has_option("general", "lurk") and config.get("general", "lurk") == "yes":
            #email = voter.get(electionID, basedata, voterID)
          #  backend['lurk'](electionID, email)
       
        return votehash
    else:
        raise Exception("No such election")