Added version to home page.

Author: jdamerow

track/templates/track/home.html

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ <h3 class="float-md-start mb-0">eDROP</h3>
 
   <main class="px-3">
     <h1>eDROP Connector</h1>
-    <p class="lead">More to come...</p>
+    <p class="lead">Version: {{ version }}</p>
     <!--<p class="lead">
       <a href="#" class="btn btn-lg btn-light fw-bold border-white bg-white">Learn more</a>
     </p>-->

track/views.py

@@ -5,5 +5,16 @@
 
 def index(request):
     template = "track/home.html"
-    context = {}
+    # if there is a version file (which there should be after deployment)
+    # we'll show this on the home page
+    try:
+        with open('edrop/static/VERSION.txt', 'r') as file:
+            context = {
+                'version': file.read()
+            }
+    except Exception as ex:
+        logger.error("Could not get version.")
+        logger.error(ex)
+        context = {}
+
     return render(request, template, context)