Add a simple view for a year

mainsite/urls.py

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django.conf.urls import url
+from .views import YearView
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})-(?P<nYear>\d{4})/',
+        YearView.as_view(), name='year_view'),
+]

mainsite/views.py

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
+# from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+from mainsite.models import Publication
+from django.http import Http404
+from datetime import datetime
 
-# Create your views here.
+
+class YearView(TemplateView):
+    ''' Display a year worth of BOcals '''
+    template_name = 'mainsite/year_view.html'
+
+    def get_context_data(self, year, nYear, **kwargs):
+        context = super(YearView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        if year + 1 != nYear:
+            raise Http404
+
+        publications = Publication.objects.filter(
+            date__ge=datetime(year, 8, 1),
+            date__lt=datetime(nYear, 8, 1))
+        if len(publications) == 0:
+            raise Http404
+        context['publications'] = publications
+
+        return context