In the process of adding the list of current active hashtags on web page

Creating a table in javascript is not a good way, as it is not rendered correctly in the browser.
Better format it server side or find a way to populate it correctly client side.

Also has to create a remove_hashtag method that takes arguments in input

twiderboard/flask_app.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from flask import Flask, jsonify, render_template, request
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from sqlalchemy import func
+from sqlalchemy import desc
+
 
 import data
 from datamodel import TrendyHashtag
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ h = HashtagLogger(data.engine_url, oauth=data.oauth)
 h.start()
 
 
+## Utilities
 def connect():
     """
     Separated so that the method can be run in each created thread.
@@ -31,6 +34,28 @@ def connect():
     return Session(), engine  # Bridges class to db
 
 
+## Ajax queries
+@app.route('/trendy')
+def trendy():
+
+    session, engine = connect()
+
+    # requests active hashtags
+    h_query = session.query(TrendyHashtag).filter(TrendyHashtag.active == True).order_by(desc(TrendyHashtag.created))
+    hashtags = h_query.all()
+
+    trendy = []
+    for h in hashtags:
+        trendy.append([h.hashtag, 1])
+
+    session.close()
+    engine.dispose()
+
+    trendy = [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]
+    #trendy = 'plop'
+    return jsonify(trendy=trendy)
+
+
 @app.route('/nb_trendy')
 def nb_trendy():
 
@@ -73,6 +98,7 @@ def stop():
     return "Session closed"
 
 
+## Static part
 @app.route('/')
 def index():
     return render_template('index.html')
@@ -87,5 +113,6 @@ def statistics():
 def about():
     return render_template('about.html')
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run(debug=True)

twiderboard/templates/trendy.html

@@ -1 +1,28 @@
-I'm trendy!
+<script>
+(function worker() {
+  $.ajax({
+    url : $SCRIPT_ROOT + '/trendy',
+    success: function(data) {
+      console.log(data.trendy);
+      var res = "<table>";
+      var link = "<a href=\"/remove_hashtag/\">Remove</a>";
+      for (i=0;i<data.trendy[0].length;i++){
+        res = res + "<tr>";
+        for (i=0;i<data.trendy.length;i++){
+            res = res + "<td>" + data.trendy[i][0] + "</td>";
+            res = res + "<td>" + link + "</td>";
+        }
+        res = res + "</tr>";
+      }
+      res = res + "</table>";
+
+      console.log(res);
+      $('#trendy').html(res);
+    },
+    complete: function() {
+      setTimeout(worker, 1000);
+    }
+  });
+})();
+</script>
+<span id='trendy'></span>

twiderboard/templates/trendy_tmpl.html

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+trendy_tmpl