def put(self, EventID):
'''
This function is used to upate or add an event if it does
not exists, we will not go through input check or more details
this is just an illstration basic project
'''
event = EventModel.find_event(EventID)
if not event:
# Same case as adding a new event
data = Event.parser.parse_args()
#** is used to unpack the dictionnnary
event = EventModel(EventID, **data)
# use this to update stop or tags
else:
data = Event.parser.parse_args()
# you may check data compatiblity here
if data['stop'] is not None: event.stop = data['stop']
if data['tags']:
# the format of tags: #tag1##tag2##tag3#
# if tag exist or empty don't add it
# you may set another rules of tag length, chars to remove...
if data['tags'] not in event.tags.split('##'):
event.tags += f"#{data['tags']}#"
try:
event.add_event()
except:
return {'message': 'Server error when trying to update event'}, 500
return event.json(), 200
def post(self, EventID):
'''
This function is used to add a new event to the database
Put may do the same but we prefer to separate them for future extension
'''
if EventModel.find_event(EventID):
return {
'message': f'An event with EventID {EventID} already exists'
}, 400
# The parser will detect automatically if the body is not well formatted so it
# it will throw a 400 bad request error reponse
data = Event.parser.parse_args()
event = EventModel(EventID, **data)
# if the server cannot add the event to database throw this 500 error reponse
try:
event.add_event()
except Exception as error:
return {
'message':
f'Server error occured when trying to save event {error}'
}, 500
return event.json(), 201
