def get_articles_by_id(id_list, repo: AbstractRepository):
articles = repo.get_articles_by_id(id_list)
# Convert Articles to dictionary form.
articles_as_dict = articles_to_dict(articles)
return articles_as_dict
def get_random_articles(quantity, repo: AbstractRepository):
article_count = repo.get_number_of_articles()
if quantity >= article_count:
# Reduce the quantity of ids to generate if the repository has an insufficient number of articles.
quantity = article_count - 1
# Pick distinct and random articles.
random_ids = random.sample(range(1, article_count), quantity)
articles = repo.get_articles_by_id(random_ids)
return articles_to_dict(articles)
