pragmatical layout of the manage view. for external application or other output formats (xml, ...) we should use an api.

view.py

@login_required(redirect_field_name='redirect')
def manage(request):
	if (request.method == 'POST'):
		format = 'json'
		if ('format' in request.POST):
			format = request.POST['format']

		if ('submit' in request.POST) and (format == 'json'):
			if ('new_entry' in request.POST):
				# format: { "text" : "text body", "isPublic" : 0|1 }
				entry = json.loads(request.POST['new_entry'])
				entry_text = escape(entry.get('text'))
				entry_published = datetime.now()
				entry_isPublic = int(entry.get('isPublic'))
				new_entry = Entry(text=entry_text, published=entry_published, isPublic=entry_isPublic)
				new_entry.save()
			elif ('new_pin' in request.POST):
				# format: { "pin" : "pin value" }
				pin = json.loads(request.POST['new_pin'])
				new_pin = Config.objects.get(key='pin')
				new_pin.value = pin.get('pin')
				new_pin.save()
			elif ('del_entry' in request.POST):
				# format: { "id" : entry_id }
				entry = json.loads(request.POST['del_entry'])
				entry_id = int(entry.get('id'))
				Entry.objects.filter(id=entry_id).delete()

	if (request.method == 'GET'):
		format = 'json'
		if ('format' in request.POST):
			format = request.POST['format']
		if ('function' in request.GET) and (format == 'json'):
			json_serializer = serializers.get_serializer("json")()
			if (request.GET['function'] == 'get_all_entries'):
				all_entries = Entry.objects.all().order_by('-published')
				return HttpResponse(json_serializer.serialize(all_entries, ensure_ascii=False), mimetype="application/json")
			elif (request.GET['function'] == 'get_latest_entry'):
				latest_entry = Entry.objects.all().order_by('-published')[:1]
				return HttpResponse(json_serializer.serialize(latest_entry, ensure_ascii=False), mimetype="application/json")
			elif (request.GET['function'] == 'get_pin'):
				pin = Config.objects.filter(key='pin')
				return HttpResponse(json_serializer.serialize(pin, ensure_ascii=False), mimetype="application/json")
			else:
				not_defined_message = "This method is not defined!"
				return HttpResponse(not_defined_message, mimetype="text/plain")
	
	return render_to_response('manage/index.html')