gistfile1.js

util = {

  getTags: function() {
    var ret = ["one","two","three"];
    return ret.sort();
  },
  
  //check a tag against the main tag list
  checkSubmittedTag: function(submittedTag) {
    sys.log('checking : ' + submittedTag);

    var origTags = JSON.stringify(this.getTags());
    
    //ya ya i should do a loop but whatev
    if ( origTags.search(submittedTag) > 0 ) return 1 ;

    return 0 ;

  },

  //return an array of tags
  getFilterTags: function(req) {

    var submittedTags = JSON.parse(qs.parse(url.parse(req.url).query).tags);
    var vettedSubmittedTags = [];

    sys.log("getfiltertags. submitted tags: " + submittedTags + " , " + submittedTags.length);

    for (i = 0 ; i < submittedTags.length ; i++){
      if (this.checkSubmittedTag(submittedTags[i])) vettedSubmittedTags.push(submittedTags[i]) ;
    }


    sys.log('getfiltertags. vetted tags: ' + vettedSubmittedTags + ' , length : ' + vettedSubmittedTags.length);
    return vettedSubmittedTags ;

  }


};