Merge pull request #36 from LithiumH/develop

feat(user): added support for marking two posts as duplicates

Author: hfaran

piazza_api/network.py

@@ -173,6 +173,28 @@ def create_instructor_answer(self, post, content, revision, anonymous=False):
         }
         return self._rpc.content_instructor_answer(params)
 
+    def mark_as_duplicate(self, duplicated_cid, master_cid, msg=''):
+        """Mark the post at ``duplicated_cid`` as a duplicate of ``master_cid``
+
+        :type  duplicated_cid: int
+        :param duplicated_cid: The numeric id of the duplicated post
+        :type  master_cid: int
+        :param master_cid: The numeric id of an older post. This will be the
+            post that gets kept and ``duplicated_cid`` post will be concatinated
+            as a follow up to ``master_cid`` post.
+        :type msg: string
+        :param msg: the optional message (or reason for marking as duplicate)
+        :returns: True if it is successful. False otherwise
+        """
+        content_id_from = self.get_post(duplicated_cid)["id"]
+        content_id_to = self.get_post(master_cid)["id"]
+        params = {
+            "cid_dupe": content_id_from,
+            "cid_to": content_id_to,
+            "msg": msg
+        }
+        return self._rpc.content_mark_duplicate(params)
+
     #########
     # Users #
     #########

piazza_api/rpc.py

@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ def content_create(self, params):
             method="content.create",
             data=params
         )
-        return self._handle_error(r, "Could not create object {}.".format(
-                                     repr(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.
@@ -127,6 +129,18 @@ def content_instructor_answer(self, params):
         return self._handle_error(r, "Could not create object {}.".format(
                                      repr(params)))
 
+    def content_mark_duplicate(self, params):
+        """Mark a post as duplicate to another.
+
+        :type params: dict
+        :param params: the parameters to be passed in
+        """
+        r = self.request(
+            method="content.duplicate",
+            data=params
+        )
+        return self._handle_error(r, "Could not create object {}.".format(
+                                     repr(params)))
 
     def add_students(self, student_emails, nid=None):
         """Enroll students in a network `nid`.