Update views.py

codershq/dashboard/views.py

@@ -1,22 +1,43 @@
 import requests
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 
+# Reddit API URL
 news_url = "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/.json"
 
-
 def index(request):
+    """
+    Redirects to login page if the user is not authenticated.
+    """
     if not request.user.is_authenticated:
         return redirect("/accounts/login/")
-    return redirect("/accounts/login/")
-    # return render(request, "pages/dashboard.html")
+    return render(request, "pages/dashboard.html")
 
 
 def landing(request):
+    """
+    Renders the welcome landing page.
+    """
     return render(request, "pages/welcome.html")
 
 
 def news(request):
-    resp = requests.get(url=news_url, headers={"User-agent": "your bot 0.1"})
-    body = resp.json()
-    context = {"body": body["data"]["children"]}
-    return render(request, "dashboard/news.html", context)
+    """
+    Fetches news from Reddit's programming subreddit and renders the news page.
+    """
+    try:
+        # Fetch data from Reddit
+        resp = requests.get(news_url, headers={"User-agent": "your bot 0.1"})
+        resp.raise_for_status()  # Raises an HTTPError for bad responses
+
+        # Parse the JSON response
+        body = resp.json()
+        context = {
+            "body": body["data"]["children"]
+        }
+
+        return render(request, "dashboard/news.html", context)
+
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+        # If there is any issue with the request, return an error message
+        return HttpResponse(f"An error occurred while fetching news: {str(e)}", status=500)