dummy version of request form

app.py

@@ -15,17 +15,36 @@ def home2(name):
 def success(name):
     return "welcome %s" % name
 
+# this is a weird way to do this
+# right? 
+def widg_fun(widg):
+    if(widg.w_type == "input"):
+        return "input id=id_%s name=%s type=text></input"%(widg.w_name, widg.w_name)
+    elif(widg.w_type == "textarea"):
+        return "textarea cols=40 id=id_%s name=%s rows=10 required=\"\""%(widg.w_name, widg.w_name)
+    elif(widg.w_type == "check"):
+        return "input id=id_%s name=%s type=checkbox required=\"\""%(widg.w_name, widg.w_name)
+    return widg.w_type;
+
 def req():
+    class Widg:
+        def __init__(self, w_name, w_type, w_opt):
+            self.w_name = w_name
+            self.w_type = w_type
+            self.w_opt = w_opt
+        
     rt = {
-        "username": "bob",
-        "displayname": "bob",
-        "default to display name?": "no",
-        "email for account lockout / registration confirmation (optional)": "fuck no",
-        "SSH public key": "123",
-        "shell of choice": "/bin/bash",
-        "have you read the rules?": "lolyeah"
+        "username": Widg("username", "input", None),
+        "displayname": Widg("displayname", "input", None),
+        "prefer display name?": Widg("default_disp", "check", None),
+        "email for account lockout / registration confirmation (optional)": Widg("email", "input", None),
+        "SSH public key": Widg("pub_key", "textarea", None),
+        "shell of choice": Widg("shell", "choice", [("bash", "/bin/bash"), ("ksh", "/bin/ksh")]),
+        "have you read the rules?": Widg("rule_read", "check", None)
         };
-    return render_template("req.html", req_tab = rt)
+
+    # uhhh is this how you're supposed to do this?
+    return render_template("req.html", req_tab = rt, widg_fun = widg_fun)
 
 def login():
     if request.method == "POST":

templates/req.html

@@ -3,14 +3,30 @@
 {%block content%}
 <p>
 
+  <form action="/req/signup" method="post">
   <table>
     {% for key, value in req_tab.items() %}
-    <tr><td>{{ key }}</td><td>{{ value }}</td></tr>
+    <tr><td>{{ key }}</td><td>
+
+	{%if value.w_type != "choice" %}
+	<{{ widg_fun(value) }}></{{value.w_type}}>
+	{%elif value.w_type == "choice" %}
+	<select id="id_{{value.w_name}}" name="{{value.w_name}}" required="">
+	  {% for opt in value.w_opt %}
+	  <option value="{{opt[0]}}">{{opt[1]}}</option>
+	  {% endfor %}
+	</select>
+	{% endif %}
+    </td></tr>    
     {% endfor %}
+    <tr><td><input type="submit" value="sign up"></td></tr>
   </table>
+  </form>
 </p>
 
 <p>
+
+<p>
 A requested feature is to have to allow users to have a unicode username since unicode allows for more interesting aesthics
 </br>
 If you enter a unicode display name, the system will try to display your unicode name when possbile. It will also be your default in terminal prompt, chat and your tilde path