Added ability to specify self text via the submit url paramaters. eg /submit?text=Example%20sefltext

r2/r2/controllers/front.py

@@ -780,8 +780,9 @@ class FrontController(RedditController):
 
     @validate(url = VRequired('url', None),
               title = VRequired('title', None),
+              text = VRequired('text', None),
               then = VOneOf('then', ('tb','comments'), default = 'comments'))
-    def GET_submit(self, url, title, then):
+    def GET_submit(self, url, title, text, then):
         """Submit form."""
         resubmit = request.get.get('resubmit')
         if url and not resubmit:
@@ -812,6 +813,7 @@ class FrontController(RedditController):
                         page_classes=['submit-page'],
                         content=NewLink(url=url or '',
                                         title=title or '',
+                                        text=text or '',
                                         subreddits = sr_names,
                                         captcha=captcha,
                                         resubmit=resubmit,

r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py

@@ -1817,8 +1817,8 @@ class FrameToolbar(Wrapped):
 
 class NewLink(Templated):
     """Render the link submission form"""
-    def __init__(self, captcha = None, url = '', title= '', subreddits = (),
-                 then = 'comments', resubmit=False):
+    def __init__(self, captcha = None, url = '', title= '', text = '',
+                 subreddits = (), then = 'comments', resubmit=False):
 
         self.show_link = self.show_self = False
 
@@ -1833,7 +1833,12 @@ class NewLink(Templated):
         if self.show_self and self.show_link:
             all_fields = set(chain(*(parts for (tab, parts) in tabs)))
             buttons = []
-            self.default_tab = tabs[0][0]
+            
+            if text != '':
+                self.default_tab = tabs[1][0]
+            else:
+                self.default_tab = tabs[0][0]
+
             for tab_name, parts in tabs:
                 to_show = ','.join('#' + p for p in parts)
                 to_hide = ','.join('#' + p for p in all_fields if p not in parts)
@@ -1856,7 +1861,7 @@ class NewLink(Templated):
             self.default_sr = c.site
 
         Templated.__init__(self, captcha = captcha, url = url,
-                         title = title, subreddits = subreddits,
+                         title = title, text = text, subreddits = subreddits,
                          then = then)
 
 class ShareLink(CachedTemplate):

r2/r2/templates/newlink.html

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ${thing.formtabs_menu}
   <%utils:round_field title="${_('text')}", description="${_('(optional)')}" id="text-field">
     <input name="kind" value="self" type="hidden"/>
 
-    ${UserText(None, have_form = False, creating = True)}
+    ${UserText(None, text = thing.text, have_form = False, creating = True)}
 
     ${error_field("NO_SELFS", "sr")}
   </%utils:round_field>