Creating Comment API Routes and Helper Function for Generating unique IDs

[haiimkeith]

Description / Changes Made

• Created comment API route, including a patch method for when a comment is added to the array of comments, as well as a delete method.
• Created a helper function that will generate a unique ID, this is used in the comment by looking for a post, then being able to detect the comment ID that the user is requesting to delete.
• Takes in the user's ID, post's ID, as well as if the comment is being deleted then you will also be required the comment ID
• When generating the new comment, the request takes in a JSON that only requires the "comment" field, which will update Firebase DB comment array with that comment alongside an author, comment_id, creation_date, and their username.

Portions of this code that utilized AI generation

• Link to Generated Code (If Applicable): https://chat.openai.com/share/0b43a2b9-8681-4026-9516-106f76f2b73d

AI was used to find a method to create proper formatting for current time that is utilized in creation of the comment, as well as helping create the helper function that generates a unique ID!

How to Test

(Assuming Postman is being used)

1. Use endpoint including "/api/posts/comment//" to create a new comment
2. Go to body tab, then click raw, then insert JSON information. For this test, you can just use {"comment": "Any Comment"} as an example
3. Make sure Postman is set to PATCH request and send request.
4. If using delete functionality, endpoint would be "/api/posts/comment///"
5. Make sure Postman is set to DELETE request and send request.

Checklist

• [x] I have added/updated relevant documentation, and I have followed the coding style guidelines.
• [ ] I have added/updated tests, and I have run the test suite and all tests pass.
• [x] I have checked for any potential conflicts with other branches and fixed any merge conflicts.

[rparker2003]

I reviewed the comment_routes.py file and it looks great! This route will let us add and delete comments, which will let us further develop the comments page in the front end. Great work!