Module shortner.delete_view

delete_view module defines the view that user wants to delete

"""delete_view module defines the view that user wants to delete"""

from django.http.request import HttpRequest
from django.http.response import HttpResponse
from django.views.generic import View
from shortner.models import Link
import json


class DeleteView(View):
    """DeleteView is responsible for deletion of the shortened links"""

    def delete(self, request: HttpRequest):
        """delete handles requests to be deleted /delete"""
        httpBody = json.loads(request.body)
        special_codes = httpBody["special_code"]
        try:
            member = Link.objects.get(special_code=special_codes)
            member.delete()
            return HttpResponse(status=204)
        except Exception as e:
            error_msg = {"exception": str(e)}
            return HttpResponse(json.dumps(error_msg), status=404)

Classes

class DeleteView (**kwargs)

DeleteView is responsible for deletion of the shortened links

Constructor. Called in the URLconf; can contain helpful extra keyword arguments, and other things.

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class DeleteView(View):
    """DeleteView is responsible for deletion of the shortened links"""

    def delete(self, request: HttpRequest):
        """delete handles requests to be deleted /delete"""
        httpBody = json.loads(request.body)
        special_codes = httpBody["special_code"]
        try:
            member = Link.objects.get(special_code=special_codes)
            member.delete()
            return HttpResponse(status=204)
        except Exception as e:
            error_msg = {"exception": str(e)}
            return HttpResponse(json.dumps(error_msg), status=404)

Ancestors

• django.views.generic.base.View

Methods

def delete(self, request: django.http.request.HttpRequest)

delete handles requests to be deleted /delete

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def delete(self, request: HttpRequest):
    """delete handles requests to be deleted /delete"""
    httpBody = json.loads(request.body)
    special_codes = httpBody["special_code"]
    try:
        member = Link.objects.get(special_code=special_codes)
        member.delete()
        return HttpResponse(status=204)
    except Exception as e:
        error_msg = {"exception": str(e)}
        return HttpResponse(json.dumps(error_msg), status=404)