Add an option to disable the review process (#532)

Author: PGijsbers

docs/developer/users.md

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ There is no special privilege for user A, and this also means that e.g., user B
 
 !!! info
     The upload and review process is described from a user perspective in ["Uploading"](../using/upload.md).
+    The review process may be disabled by setting the `--disable-reviews` flag when starting the server.
 
 An asset uploaded by a user is by default in `draft` state.
 The user may request the asset to be `published` by submitting it for review through the REST API.

src/main.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from database.model.platform.platform_names import PlatformName
 from database.session import EngineSingleton, DbSession
 from database.setup import create_database, database_exists
+from triggers import disable_review_process, enable_review_process
 from error_handling import http_exception_handler
 from routers import (
     resource_routers,
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ def _parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
         action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
         help="Use `--reload` for FastAPI.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--disable-reviews",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Use --disable-reviews to disable the review process for new assets."
+        "This does not affect the state of assets already created or under review.",
+    )
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
@@ -198,6 +205,12 @@ def build_database(args):
         triggers = create_delete_triggers(AIoDConcept)
         for trigger in triggers:
             session.execute(trigger)
+
+        if args.disable_reviews:
+            disable_review_process(session)
+        else:
+            enable_review_process(session)
+
         existing_platforms = session.scalars(select(Platform)).all()
         missing_platforms = set(PlatformName) - {p.name for p in existing_platforms}
         if any(missing_platforms):

src/triggers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from sqlalchemy import DDL
+from sqlmodel import Session
+
+BYPASS_REVIEW_TRIGGER_NAME: str = "PUBLISH_ON_CREATE"
+
+
+def disable_review_process(session: Session) -> None:
+    """Sets new entries to automatically be published, circumventing the review process."""
+    session.execute(
+        DDL(f"""
+        CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS {BYPASS_REVIEW_TRIGGER_NAME}
+        BEFORE INSERT ON aiod_entry
+        FOR EACH ROW
+        BEGIN
+            SET NEW.status = 'PUBLISHED';
+        END;
+    """)
+    )
+
+
+def enable_review_process(session: Session) -> None:
+    """Drops the trigger created by `disable_review_process`"""
+    session.execute(DDL(f"DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS {BYPASS_REVIEW_TRIGGER_NAME};"))