updated to my c&s api, added view event button to take you to c&s website

Author: CheeseLad

mps_site/templates/components/home/upcoming_events.html

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ <h1>Upcoming Events</h1>
   <h5><i>You won't want to miss them!</i></h5>
   <div class="row justify-content-center">
     <div class="col-md-12 custom-box shadow-lg p-3 mb-5 bg-body">
+      {% if events.events.items|length == 0 %}
       <h3 style="justify-content: center; padding-top: 10px;">No events at the
         moment, check back later!</h3>
+      {% else %}
       <div class="container mt-4">
         <div class="row">
 
@@ -22,8 +24,12 @@ <h5><strong>Location:</strong> <a href="{{ event.location }}"
               <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-toggle="modal"
                 data-target="#moreInfoModal_{{ forloop.counter }}"
                 style="background-color: #9791FF;">
-                More Info
+                Description
               </button>
+              <a href="https://dcuclubsandsocs.ie/society/media-production#events" target="_blank"><button type="button" class="btn btn-primary"
+              style="background-color: #9791FF;">
+              View Event
+            </button></a>
 
               <div class="modal fade" id="moreInfoModal_{{ forloop.counter }}"
                 tabindex="-1" role="dialog"
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@ <h5><strong>Location:</strong> <a href="{{ event.location }}"
 
         </div>
       </div>
+      {% endif %}
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>

mps_site/views.py

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ def index(request):
         video = get_latest_video_id("https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCEnLsvcq1eFkSFFAIqBDgUw")
         posts = tcv_posts("https://thecollegeview.ie/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=3&orderby=date&_fields=id,date,title,content,link,author,featured_media")
         previous, current, next_show = get_date_time()
-        #events = get_event_data()
+        events = requests.get("https://clubsandsocs.jakefarrell.ie/dcuclubsandsocs.ie/society/media-production/events").json()
 
         return render(request, 'index.html', 
                        {'stats_data': homepage_stats_data,
                         'subgroups_data': homepage_subgroups,
                         'merch': homepage_merch,
-                        #'events': events,
+                        'events': events,
                         'page_name': 'Home', 
                         'latest_video_id' : video, 
                         'previous_show': previous,