def update_author(author_id):
"""Updates the author matching the id author_id.
Only the parameters to update or to add should be passed in the request body.
"""
author = Author.objects(id=author_id).get()
patched = Author(**dict(chain(author.to_dict().items(), request.get_json().items())))
patched.save()
return jsonify(patched.to_dict())
def authors():
"""Retrieves a list of authors from the database or create a new author.
When retrieving a list of authors, the URL can contain pagination parameters
page and per_page which default to 1 and 10 if omitted.
"""
if request.method == 'GET':
return paginate(resource_name='authors', endpoint='authors', objects=Author.objects)
author = Author(**request.get_json())
author.save()
return jsonify(author.to_dict()), 201
