OpenGuestbook/app.py

import os
import json
import time
import requests
import math
from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
from flask_cors import CORS

app = Flask(__name__)

# configure daily limit and data directory.
DAILY_LIMIT = 50
DATA_DIR = 'guestbook'

#get current UTC time and convert it to BMT
now_utc = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
bmt = now_utc + timedelta(hours=1)

currentDate = bmt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
submissionCountDay = 0


frontend_url = os.environ.get("FRONTEND_URL","*")

topic = os.environ.get("NTFY_TOPIC")

CORS(app, resources={r"/*": {"origins": frontend_url}})

if not os.path.exists(DATA_DIR):
    os.makedirs(DATA_DIR)

@app.route('/comments', methods=['GET'])
def getComments():
    comments = []
    try:
        files = sorted([f for f in os.listdir(DATA_DIR) if f.endswith('.json')], reverse=True)
        
        for filename in files:
            filepath = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, filename)
            with open(filepath, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                try:
                    data = json.load(f)
                    comments.append(data)
                except json.JSONDecodeError:
                    continue
        return jsonify(comments)
    except Exception as e:
        return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500

@app.route('/comments', methods=['POST'])
def addComment():
    global currentDate, submissionCountDay 

    # Check date
    today_str = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
    if today_str != currentDate:
        currentDate = today_str
        submissionCountDay = 0

    # Check limit
    if submissionCountDay  >= DAILY_LIMIT:
        return jsonify({"error": "Guestbook full for the day, try tomorrow!"}), 403

    data = request.json
    name = data.get('name', '').strip()
    message = data.get('message', '').strip()
    website = data.get('website', '').strip()  
    
    if not name or not message:
        return jsonify({"error": "Missing fields"}), 400

    #URL cleanup
    if website:
        # If forgot http://, add it for them
        if not website.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
            website = 'https://' + website

    date_str=time.strftime("%d-%m-%Y")
    itime_beats=itime()

    entry = {
        'name': name,
        'message': message,
        'website': website, 
        'date': f"{date_str} @{itime_beats:03d}"
    }
    
    now = datetime.now()
    readable_time = now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
    
    

    filename = f"{readable_time}.json"
    filepath = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, filename)
    
    try:   
        with open(filepath, 'x', encoding='utf-8') as f:
            json.dump(entry, f)
    except FileExistsError:
        filename = f"{readable_time}_2.json"
        filepath = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, filename)
        with open(filepath, 'x', encoding='utf-8') as f:
            json.dump(entry, f)    
    

    send_ntfy_notification(name, message)


    submissionCountDay  += 1
            
    return jsonify({"status": "success"})

#helper functions:

# Source - https://stackoverflow.com/a/51722192
# Posted by kernel
# Retrieved 2026-01-29, License - CC BY-SA 4.0
#thanks @kernel!
def itime():
    """Calculate and return Swatch Internet Time

    :returns: No. of beats (Swatch Internet Time)
    :rtype: float
    """
    midnight = bmt.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
    seconds_passed = (bmt - midnight).total_seconds()
    beats = int(math.floor(seconds_passed / 86.4))

    # if beats > 1000:
    #     beats -= 1000
    # elif beats < 0:
    #     beats += 1000

    return beats


def send_ntfy_notification(name, message):
    if not topic:
        return
    try:
        requests.post(f"https://ntfy.sh/{topic}", 
            data=f"{name} wrote: {message}",
            headers={
                "Title": "Someone Signed Your Guestbook!"
            })
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Notification failed: {e}")
if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000)