cc-4105: added a method in API client corresponding to chunked requests.\nAlso add prepared corresponding apicontroller method

airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
                 ->addActionContext('update-source-status', 'json')
                 ->addActionContext('get-bootstrap-info', 'json')
                 ->addActionContext('get-files-without-replay-gain', 'json')
+                ->addActionContext('reload-metadata-group', 'json')
                 ->initContext();
     }
     
@@ -576,14 +577,16 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         //The key does not have any meaning as of yet but it could potentially correspond
         //to some unique id.
         $responses = array();
-        Logging::log("inside reloadMetadataGroupAction");
+        foreach ($request->getParams() as $k => $raw_json) {
-        return;
-        foreach ($request->getRequest()->getParams() as $action => $raw_json) {
             $info_json = json_decode($raw_json, $assoc=true);
-            array_push($responses, $this->dispatchMetaDataAction($info_json, $info_json['mode']));
+            $mode = $info_json['mode'];
+            unset($info_json['mode']);
+            // TODO : uncomment the following line to actually do something
+            // array_push($responses, $this->dispatchMetaDataAction($info_json, $info_json['mode']));
+            // Like wise, remove the following line when done
             Logging::log( $info_json );
         }
-        // TODO : do something with $responses here instead of doing nothing
+        die(json_encode( array('successes' => 19, 'fails' => 123) ));
     }
 
     public function reloadMetadataAction() {

python_apps/api_clients/api_client.cfg

@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ show_schedule_url = 'recorded-shows/format/json/api_key/%%api_key%%'
 # URL to upload the recorded show's file to Airtime
 upload_file_url = 'upload-file/format/json/api_key/%%api_key%%'
 
+# URL to commit multiple updates from media monitor at the same time
+
+reload_metadata_group = 'reload-metadata-group/format/json/api_key/%%api_key%%'
+
 #number of retries to upload file if connection problem
 upload_retries = 3
 

python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py

@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ class AirTimeApiClient():
 
             md = convert_dict_value_to_utf8(md)
 
-
             data = urllib.urlencode(md)
             req = urllib2.Request(url, data)
 
@@ -364,23 +363,34 @@ class AirTimeApiClient():
 
         return response
 
-    def send_media_monitor_requests(self, md_list, mode, is_record=False):
+    def send_media_monitor_requests(self, action_list, is_record=False):
         logger = self.logger
         response = None
         try:
-            url = "http://%s:%s/%s/%s" % (self.config["base_url"], str(self.config["base_port"]), self.config["api_base"], self.config["update_media_url"])
+            url = self.construct_url('reload_metadata_group')
-            url = url.replace("%%api_key%%", self.config["api_key"])
+            # We are assuming that action_list is a list of dictionaries such
-            url = url.replace("%%mode%%", mode)
+            # that every dictionary represents the metadata of a file along
-
+            # with a special mode key that is the action to be executed by the
-            md_list = convert_dict_value_to_utf8(md_list)
+            # controller.
-
+            valid_actions = []
+            # We could get a list of valid_actions in a much shorter way using
+            # filter but here we prefer a little more verbosity to help
+            # debugging
+            for action in action_list:
+                if not 'mode' in action:
+                    self.logger.debug("Warning: Sending a request element without a 'mode'")
+                    self.logger.debug("Here is the the request: '%s'" % str(action) )
+                else: valid_actions.append(action)
+            md_list = { i : json.dumps(convert_dict_value_to_utf8(md)) for i,md in enumerate(valid_actions) }
             data = urllib.urlencode(md_list)
             req = urllib2.Request(url, data)
-
             response = self.get_response_from_server(req)
-            logger.info("update media %s, filepath: %s, mode: %s", response, md_list['MDATA_KEY_FILEPATH'], mode)
+            # We no longer have a single mode for every http request.
+            #logger.info("update media %s, filepath: %s, mode: %s", response, md_list['MDATA_KEY_FILEPATH'], mode)
             response = json.loads(response)
-
+            # TODO : this request returns a more detailed response of what
+            # happened through a json array. Hence we should handle errors
+            # differently
             if("error" not in response and is_record):
                 url = "http://%s:%s/%s/%s" % (self.config["base_url"], str(self.config["base_port"]), self.config["api_base"], self.config["upload_recorded"])
                 url = url.replace("%%fileid%%", str(response[u'id']))