def create(self):
"""Create a new elicitation method resource and return it.
:URL: ``POST /elicitationmethods``
:request body: JSON object representing the elicitation method to create.
:returns: the newly created elicitation method.
"""
try:
schema = ElicitationMethodSchema()
values = json.loads(unicode(request.body, request.charset))
result = schema.to_python(values)
elicitation_method = create_new_elicitation_method(result)
Session.add(elicitation_method)
Session.commit()
return elicitation_method
except h.JSONDecodeError:
response.status_int = 400
return h.JSONDecodeErrorResponse
except Invalid, e:
response.status_int = 400
return {'errors': e.unpack_errors()}
def update(self, id):
"""Update an elicitation method and return it.
:URL: ``PUT /elicitationmethods/id``
:Request body: JSON object representing the elicitation method with updated attribute values.
:param str id: the ``id`` value of the elicitation method to be updated.
:returns: the updated elicitation method model.
"""
elicitation_method = Session.query(ElicitationMethod).get(int(id))
if elicitation_method:
try:
schema = ElicitationMethodSchema()
values = json.loads(unicode(request.body, request.charset))
state = h.get_state_object(values)
state.id = id
data = schema.to_python(values, state)
elicitation_method = update_elicitation_method(
elicitation_method, data)
# elicitation_method will be False if there are no changes (cf. update_elicitation_method).
if elicitation_method:
Session.add(elicitation_method)
Session.commit()
return elicitation_method
else:
response.status_int = 400
return {
'error':
u'The update request failed because the submitted data were not new.'
}
except h.JSONDecodeError:
response.status_int = 400
return h.JSONDecodeErrorResponse
except Invalid, e:
response.status_int = 400
return {'errors': e.unpack_errors()}