def send_message(request):
"""
Sends a message to a linked user.
Allowed HTTP methods are:\n
1. POST to send\n
Accepts following hash:\n
. {\n
"to": [user_id],\n
"title": [message_title],\n
"message": [the_message]\n
}\n
Returns:\n
. Newly created message
Status:\n
1. 200 on success
2. 400 if some error occurs
3. 401 if un-authorized
4. 404 if user not found
Notes:\n
1. Require user's token to be sent in the header as:\n
Authorization: Token [token]\n
"""
me = request.user
to_id = request.DATA.get("to")
title = request.DATA.get("title")
msg = request.DATA.get("message")
to = User.objects.filter(id=to_id).first()
if to:
if Link.is_already_link(me, to):
message = Message()
message.from_user = me
message.to_user = to
message.title = title
message.message = msg
message.save()
create_notification("MSG", message.id, me, to, message=msg)
serializer = PlainMessageSerializer(message.plain())
return Response(serializer.data)
return Response({
"status": HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
"message": "Cannot send message to a non-link"
}, status=HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
return Response({
"status": HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
"message": "User not found"
}, status=HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
