From 4ae01916358258be8d667726b673193ca70076a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ava Silver <ava@avasilver.dev>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 15:43:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add previous button

---
 car/app.py               | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 car/templates/voter.html |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/car/app.py b/car/app.py
index 6b3aae9..a6a3fd6 100644
--- a/car/app.py
+++ b/car/app.py
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ def before_request():
     if session.get("phonebank"):
         g.phonebank = True
 
+    if request.endpoint in {"show_turf", "show_voter"} and not request.args.get(
+        "keep_previous"
+    ):
+        session["previous_voter"] = None
+
     c = session.get("canvasser")
     if c:
         g.canvasser = c
@@ -781,9 +786,10 @@ def phonebank_next_voter(turf_id):
         if not is_phone(voter.bestphone):
             continue
 
+        session["previous_voter"] = session.get("chosen_voter")
         session["chosen_voter"] = voter_id
         cache.set(f"last_seen_{voter_id}", time.time())
-        return redirect(url_for("show_voter", id=voter_id))
+        return redirect(url_for("show_voter", id=voter_id, keep_previous=1))
 
     flash("No voters to contact in this phonebank.")
     if not session["admin"] and len(session["turfs"]) == 1:
@@ -793,6 +799,15 @@ def phonebank_next_voter(turf_id):
     return redirect(url_for("index"))
 
 
+@app.route("/previous/")
+def phonebank_previous_voter():
+    if not (previous_voter := session.get("previous_voter")):
+        abort(404)
+    # pretend that the current voter was the previously "chosen voter" so back behavior works as expected
+    session["chosen_voter"] = previous_voter
+    return redirect(url_for("show_voter", id=previous_voter))
+
+
 @app.route("/pair_phone/")
 def pair_phone_generate_code():
     session["return_to"] = request.args.get("return", "/")
diff --git a/car/templates/voter.html b/car/templates/voter.html
index 935e663..1877f98 100644
--- a/car/templates/voter.html
+++ b/car/templates/voter.html
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ <h2>📋️ Contact</h2>
     {% if g.phonebank %}
     <div class="desktop-column">
         <a href="{{ url_for('phonebank_next_voter', turf_id=session.phonebank_turf) }}"><button>next voter</button></a>
+        {% if session.previous_voter is not none and session.previous_voter != voter.id %}
+        <a href="{{ url_for('phonebank_previous_voter') }}"><button>previous voter</button></a>
+        {% endif %}
     </div>
     {% endif %}
 </div>