[if] trying to debug issues with PR 1291

src/chigame/games/migrations/0048_game_twine_file_name_alter_game_twine_file.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.20 on 2025-05-25 22:03
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("games", "0047_merge_20250524_2245"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="game",
+            name="twine_file_name",
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="game",
+            name="twine_file",
+            field=models.BinaryField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]

src/chigame/games/migrations/0049_merge_20250525_1739.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.20 on 2025-05-25 22:39
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("games", "0048_game_twine_file_name_alter_game_twine_file"),
+        ("games", "0048_lobby_join_code"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = []

src/chigame/games/models.py

@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ class Game(models.Model):
     max_players = models.PositiveIntegerField()
 
     # interactive fiction  - twine file
-    twine_file = models.FileField(upload_to="twine_games/", null=True, blank=True)
+    # want twine file to be binary to store in the actual database
+    twine_file_name = models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True, blank=True)
+    twine_file = models.BinaryField(null=True, blank=True)
 
     suggested_age = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(
         null=True, blank=True

src/chigame/games/urls.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     path("interactive-fiction/", views.IFGameCreateView.as_view(), name="interactive-fiction-create"),
     path("<int:pk>/upload/", UploadFileView.as_view(), name="upload-file"),
     path("if-game/<int:pk>/", InteractiveFictionView.as_view(), name="interactive-fiction-detail"),
+    path("twine-db/<int:pk>/", views.serve_twine_from_db, name="twine-db"),
     # tournaments
     path("tournaments/", views.TournamentListView.as_view(), name="tournament-list"),
     path("tournaments/<int:pk>/", views.TournamentDetailView.as_view(), name="tournament-detail"),

src/chigame/games/views.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from django.db.models import Avg, Case, Count, ExpressionWrapper, F, FloatField, Q, Value, When
 from django.db.models.functions import Lower
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseRedirect, JsonResponse
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseRedirect, JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
 from django.urls import reverse, reverse_lazy
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context["avg_rating"] = self.object.reviews.filter(is_public=True).aggregate(Avg("rating"))["rating__avg"]
 
         # FOR IF/twine GAMES
-        context["is_twine_game"] = self.object.twine_file.name.endswith(".html") if self.object.twine_file else False
+        context["is_twine_game"] = self.object.twine_file is not None
         context["recommended_games"] = get_recommended_games(
             game=self.object,
             user=self.request.user if self.request.user.is_authenticated else None,
@@ -171,13 +171,17 @@ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
     def form_valid(self, form):
         self.object = form.save(commit=False)
         # ✅ Manually assign uploaded file
-        if self.request.FILES.get("twine_file"):
-            self.object.twine_file = self.request.FILES["twine_file"]
+        uploaded_file = self.request.FILES.get("twine_file")
+        if uploaded_file:
+            self.object.twine_file_name = uploaded_file.name
+            self.object.twine_file = uploaded_file.read()
+            uploaded_file.seek(0)
+
         self.object.save()
         return redirect(self.get_success_url())
 
     def get_success_url(self):
-        if self.object.twine_file and self.object.twine_file.name.endswith(".html"):
+        if self.object.twine_file_name and self.object.twine_file_name.endswith(".html"):
             return reverse("interactive-fiction-detail", kwargs={"pk": self.object.pk})
         return reverse("game-detail", kwargs={"pk": self.object.pk})
 
@@ -202,6 +206,17 @@ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         return context
 
 
+def serve_twine_from_db(request, pk):
+    game = get_object_or_404(Game, pk=pk)
+    if not game.twine_file:
+        raise Http404("No Twine file stored in database.")
+    return HttpResponse(
+        game.twine_file,
+        content_type="text/html",
+        headers={"Content-Disposition": f'inline; filename="{game.twine_file_name}"'},
+    )
+
+
 # =============== Game: Create and Join Matches  ===============
 class MatchCreateView(CreateView):
     model = Match
@@ -675,8 +690,7 @@ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context["game"] = latest_game
 
         if latest_game.twine_file:
-            context["uploaded_file_url"] = latest_game.twine_file.url
-
+            context["has_uploaded_twine"] = bool(latest_game.twine_file)
         return context
 
 

src/templates/games/game_detail.html

@@ -104,12 +104,19 @@ <h3 id="description">Description</h3>
           </p>
         {% endif %}
         <p>{{ game.description|linebreaksbr }}</p>
-        {% if is_twine_game %}
+        {% if game.twine_file %}
           <h3>Play Twine Game</h3>
           <a href="{{ game.twine_file.url }}"
              target="_blank"
              class="btn btn-success">Open Game in New Tab</a>
         {% endif %}
+        <!-- stored in database game code -->
+        {% if game.twine_file_content %}
+          <h3>Play Twine Game from Database</h3>
+          <a href="{% url 'twine-db' game.pk %}"
+             target="_blank"
+             class="btn btn-success">Open Game in New Tab</a>
+        {% endif %}
         <h3 id="player-description">Players</h3>
         <p>
           {% if game.min_players == game.max_players %}

src/templates/games/game_form.html

@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ <h1>
       </div>
       <br />
     {% endfor %}
+    <!-- Twine upload (manual field) -->
+    <label for="id_twine_file">Upload Twine Game (.html):</label>
     <button type="submit">Save</button>
+    <input type="file" name="twine_file" id="id_twine_file" accept=".html" />
+    <br />
+    <br />
   </form>
   <!-- AJAX script for BGG search (only in Create view) -->
   {% if is_create %}