def grab_best_comments():
comment_count = 5
if 'len' in request.args:
comment_count = int(request.args.get("len"))
articles = retrieve_newest_articles()
# finds all comments and sorts them
comments = Comment.find_comments(articles)
sorted_comments = sorted(comments,
key=lambda obj: (obj.ratio, obj.likes),
reverse=True)
return jsonify(Comment.as_dicts(sorted_comments[:comment_count]))
def as_dict(self):
return {
'Link':
self.link,
'Header':
self.header,
'Description':
self.description,
'Category':
self.category,
'Author':
self.author,
'Published_at':
self.published_at,
'Modified_at':
self.modified_at,
'Paragraphs':
self.paragraphs,
'Paragraphs_count':
len(self.paragraphs),
'Comments':
json.dumps(Comment.as_dicts(self.comments), ensure_ascii=False)
}