wiki upgrade

wiki/api.py

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import urllib.parse
 from etherpad_lite import EtherpadLiteClient, EtherpadException
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 #SERVER_URL = settings.ETHERPAD_CLIENT["exturl"]
 logger.info("loading api.py")
+
 class EtherpadLiteLazyAPI():
     """This is a small wrapper for EtherpadLiteClient
         url is the url with port the client should connect to.
@@ -99,3 +101,23 @@ class EtherpadLiteLazyAPI():
         if padID is None:  return "#"
         if not self.connect():  return "#"
         return urllib.parse.urljoin(self.exturl, 'p/' + self.group["groupID"] + '$' + str(padID))
+
+    def getSessionID(self, username):
+        if not self.connect():  return "#"
+        author = self.epc.createAuthorIfNotExistsFor(
+            name=str(username),
+            authorMapper=str(username)
+        )['authorID']
+
+        expires = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=3)
+        try:
+            result = self.epc.createSession(
+                groupID=str(self.group['groupID']),
+                authorID=str(author),
+                validUntil=str(int(expires.timestamp()))
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise e
+            return None
+        return result['sessionID']#, expires
+