The way I would handle it is in the save method of the invitation
model I would do:
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
if not self.pk:
#This is a new invite, we need to generate the code
self.hash = do_something_to_generate_the_hash
super(Invite, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
On Apr 6, 1:31 pm, "Alex Ezell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My use case is that I need to send invites via email to people. These
> are not site users, but are people being invited to join the site (and
> a particular group on this site) by current users. So, I can't ask
> them to login, because I have no data about them.
>
> They would then click the link in the email and the site would use the
> random hash value in the url to look up the invite and then do
> whatever else it needs to do for that type of invitation.
>
> I'm doing this so that there is at least a modicum of protection from
> someone just incrementing the values in the URL to mess with the
> invite system. It, by no means, needs to be "secure" which this method
> would clearly not be.
>
> Think of the model of a member of a Facebook group entering a friend's
> email and inviting them to join the group. But that friend may or may
> not be a user of the site.
>
> My question is: What's the best way to create this random hash when
> the invitation is saved? Can I do it with some default in the model?
>
> I'd also welcome any perspective on handling this use case better.
> I've only just begun thinking through it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alex
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