Merge pull request #46 from icamacho3/develop

Update post functionality

Author: hfaran

piazza_api/network.py

@@ -245,6 +245,31 @@ def create_reply(self, post, content, anonymous=False):
         }
         return self._rpc.content_create(params)
 
+    def update_post(self, post, content):
+        """Update post content by cid
+
+        :type  post: dict|str|int
+        :param post: Either the post dict returned by another API method, or
+            the `cid` field of that post.
+        :type  subject: str
+        :param content: The content of the followup.
+        :rtype: dict
+        :returns: Dictionary with information about the updated post.
+        """
+        try:
+            cid = post["id"]
+        except KeyError:
+            cid = post
+        except TypeError:
+            cid = post
+
+        params = {
+            "cid": cid,
+            # For updates, the content is put into the subject.
+            "subject": content,
+        }
+        return self._rpc.content_update(params)
+
     def mark_as_duplicate(self, duplicated_cid, master_cid, msg=''):
         """Mark the post at ``duplicated_cid`` as a duplicate of ``master_cid``
 
@@ -306,6 +331,30 @@ def pin_post(self, post):
 
         return self._rpc.content_pin(params)
 
+    def delete_post(self, post):
+        """ Deletes post by cid
+
+        :type  post: dict|str|int
+        :param post: Either the post dict returned by another API method, the post ID, or
+            the `cid` field of that post.
+        :rtype: dict
+        :returns: Dictionary with information about the post cid.
+        """
+
+        try:
+            cid = post['id']
+        except KeyError:
+            cid = post
+        except TypeError:
+            post = self.get_post(post)
+            cid = post['id']
+
+        params = {
+            "cid": cid,
+        }
+
+        return self._rpc.content_delete(params)
+
     #########
     # Users #
     #########
@@ -375,30 +424,6 @@ def remove_users(self, user_ids):
         """
         return self._rpc.remove_users(user_ids=user_ids)
 
-    def delete_post(self, post):
-        """ Deletes post by cid
-
-        :type  post: dict|str|int
-        :param post: Either the post dict returned by another API method, the post ID, or
-            the `cid` field of that post.
-        :rtype: dict
-        :returns: Dictionary with information about the post cid.
-        """
-
-        try:
-            cid = post['id']
-        except KeyError:
-            cid = post
-        except TypeError:
-            post = self.get_post(post)
-            cid = post['id']
-
-        params = {
-            "cid": cid,
-        }
-
-        return self._rpc.content_delete(params)
-
     ########
     # Feed #
     ########

piazza_api/rpc.py

@@ -114,6 +114,23 @@ def content_create(self, params):
             "Could not create object {}.".format(repr(params))
         )
 
+    def content_update(self, params):
+        """Update a post or followup.
+
+        :type  params: dict
+        :param params: A dict of options to pass to the endpoint. Depends on
+            the specific type of content being created.
+        :returns: Python object containing returned data
+        """
+        r = self.request(
+            method="content.update",
+            data=params
+        )
+        return self._handle_error(
+            r,
+            "Could not create object {}.".format(repr(params))
+        )
+
     def content_instructor_answer(self, params):
         """Answer a post as an instructor.