def add_comment(self):
''' this method first checks if a parent exists and if it does, it adds an comment to it
True is returned for success and False when it fails to add the comment '''
pprint("adding comment...")
pprint(self.json())
if self.parent.lower() == 'question':
# print(self.json())
if Question.get_question_by_id(self.parent_id):
try:
handler = CommentsHandler()
handler.insert_qn_comment(self.user_id, self.parent_id,
self.comment)
except:
return False
return True
return False
elif self.parent.lower() == 'answer':
if Answer.get_answer_by_ans_id(self.parent_id):
try:
handler = CommentsHandler()
handler.insert_ans_comment(self.user_id, self.parent_id,
self.comment)
except:
return False
return True
return False
return False
def post(self, answerId):
''' method to add a comment to a question '''
try:
# check if the submitted questionId is in the expected format
answerId = float(answerId)
except:
return {"message": "The answer id should be a float"}, 400
# check if the answer exists
if not Answer.get_answer_by_ans_id(answerId):
return {"message": "Sorry, that answer doesn't exist"}, 400
parser = reqparse.RequestParser()
parser.add_argument('comment',
type=str,
required=True,
help="The comment field can't be empty")
data = parser.parse_args()
''' validate data sent '''
if not clean_input(data['comment']):
return {'message': 'The comment should be a string'}, 400
# ''' validate that the comment has been given before'''
if Comment.check_for_repeated_comment(data['comment'], 'answer'):
return {
'message': 'Sorry, that comment has already been given'
}, 400
user_id = get_jwt_identity()
comment = Comment(user_id, data['comment'], 'answer', answerId)
try:
pprint("adding answer comment...")
pprint(comment.json())
if comment.add_comment():
return {'message': 'Your comment was successfully added'}, 201
except:
return {'message': 'There was a problem adding the comment'}, 500
return {
'message': 'There was a problem adding the comment to the answer'
}, 500
def get(self, answerId):
''' method to add a comment to a question '''
try:
# check if the submitted questionId is in the expected format
answerId = float(answerId)
except:
return {"message": "The answer id should be a float"}, 400
# check if the answer exists
if not Answer.get_answer_by_ans_id(answerId):
return {"message": "Sorry, that answer doesn't exist"}, 400
try:
comments = Comment.get_comments_by_parent_id("answer", answerId)
pprint(comments)
return {"comments": comments}, 200
except:
return {'message': 'There was a problem getting the comments'}, 500
return {
'message':
"There was a problem getting the comments to that answer..."
}, 500