From c11ac9acfbdc0dbcd3105cf7cfc7be8a017e0615 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederick Muriuki Muriithi
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:28:36 -0500
Subject: Provide defaults for Year and Month.
Year is a required field, but we provide the month too.
---
uploader/publications/views.py | 6 ++++-
.../templates/publications/create-publication.html | 31 ++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/uploader/publications/views.py b/uploader/publications/views.py
index d9eb294..89e9f5d 100644
--- a/uploader/publications/views.py
+++ b/uploader/publications/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
"""Endpoints for publications"""
import json
+import datetime
from gn_libs.mysqldb import database_connection
from flask import (
@@ -89,9 +90,12 @@ def create_publication():
}
if request.method == "GET":
+ now = datetime.datetime.now()
return render_template(
"publications/create-publication.html",
- get_args=_get_args)
+ get_args=_get_args,
+ current_year=now.year,
+ current_month=now.strftime("%B"))
form = request.form
authors = form.get("publication-authors").encode("utf8")
if authors is None or authors == "":
diff --git a/uploader/templates/publications/create-publication.html b/uploader/templates/publications/create-publication.html
index fb0127d..da5889e 100644
--- a/uploader/templates/publications/create-publication.html
+++ b/uploader/templates/publications/create-publication.html
@@ -91,22 +91,22 @@
class="col-sm-2 col-form-label">
Month
-
Month of publication
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@
id="txt-publication-year"
name="publication-year"
class="form-control"
- min="1960" />
+ min="1960"
+ max="{{current_year}}"
+ value="{{current_year or ''}}"
+ required="required" />
Year of publication
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