def message_post() -> Response:
"""
Create a new message in a group or team.
:return: A response object for the POST API request.
"""
message_data: dict = request.get_json()
if message_data is None:
response = jsonify({
'self': f'/v2/messages',
'added': False,
'message': None,
'error': "the request body isn't populated"
})
response.status_code = 400
return response
message_to_add = Message(message_data)
if None in [
message_to_add.username, message_to_add.first, message_to_add.last,
message_to_add.group_name, message_to_add.time
]:
response = jsonify({
'self':
f'/v2/messages',
'added':
False,
'message':
None,
'error':
"'username', 'first', 'last', 'group_name', and 'time' are required fields"
})
response.status_code = 400
return response
message_to_add.created_date = datetime.now()
message_to_add.created_app = 'saints-xctf-api'
message_to_add.created_user = None
message_to_add.modified_date = None
message_to_add.modified_app = None
message_to_add.modified_user = None
message_to_add.deleted_date = None
message_to_add.deleted_app = None
message_to_add.deleted_user = None
message_to_add.deleted = False
message_added_successfully = MessageDao.add_message(
new_message=message_to_add)
if message_added_successfully:
message_added = MessageDao.get_message_by_id(
message_id=message_to_add.message_id)
message_dict = MessageData(message_added).__dict__
if message_dict.get('time') is not None:
message_dict['time'] = str(message_dict['time'])
response = jsonify({
'self': '/v2/messages',
'added': True,
'message': message_dict
})
response.status_code = 200
return response
else:
response = jsonify({
'self': '/v2/messages',
'added': False,
'message': None,
'error': 'failed to create a new message'
})
response.status_code = 500
return response
