// Copyright 2017 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
package context
import (
"net/url"
"strings"
"time"
)
// GetQueryBeforeSince return parsed time (unix format) from URL query's before and since
func GetQueryBeforeSince(ctx *Context) (before, since int64, err error) {
qCreatedBefore, err := prepareQueryArg(ctx, "before")
if err != nil {
return 0, 0, err
}
qCreatedSince, err := prepareQueryArg(ctx, "since")
before, err = parseTime(qCreatedBefore)
since, err = parseTime(qCreatedSince)
return before, since, nil
// parseTime parse time and return unix timestamp
func parseTime(value string) (int64, error) {
if len(value) != 0 {
t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, value)
return 0, err
if !t.IsZero() {
return t.Unix(), nil
return 0, nil
// prepareQueryArg unescape and trim a query arg
func prepareQueryArg(ctx *Context, name string) (value string, err error) {
value, err = url.PathUnescape(ctx.FormString(name))
value = strings.TrimSpace(value)
return value, err