Merge pull request #3 from LabKey/fb_buildcontent_26859

Author: labkey-nicka

labkey/__init__.py

@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-from labkey import query, experiment, utils  # wiki, messageboard
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+from labkey import query, experiment, utils
 
-__title__ = get_distribution('labkey').project_name
-__version__ = get_distribution('labkey').version
+__title__ = 'labkey'
+__version__ = '0.4.2'
 __author__ = 'LabKey'
 __license__ = 'Apache License 2.0'

labkey/messageboard.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# No content required

labkey/unsupported/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2016 LabKey Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+"""
+unsupported.messageboard
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+WARNING: This module is not officially supported! Use at your own risk.
+
+This module provides functions for interacting with Message Boards on the
+LabKey Server.
+"""
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from requests.exceptions import SSLError
+from labkey.utils import build_url
+
+
+def post_message(server_context, message_title, message_body, render_as, container_path=None):
+    """
+    Post a message to a message board on a LabKey instance.
+    :param server_context: A LabKey server context. See utils.create_server_context.
+    :param message_title: The title of the message.
+    :param message_body: The content of the message.
+    :param render_as: The content of the message.
+    :param container_path: Optional container path that can be used to override the server_context container path
+    :return: Returns 1 if successful, 0 is post failed.
+    """
+    # Build the URL for querying LabKey Server
+    message_url = build_url(server_context, 'announcements', 'insert.api', container_path=container_path)
+
+    message_data = {
+        'title': message_title,
+        'body': message_body,
+        'rendererType': render_as
+    }
+
+    session = server_context['session']
+
+    try:
+        message_response = session.post(message_url, message_data)
+    except SSLError as e:
+        print("There was problem while attempting to submit the message to " + str(e.geturl()) + ". The HTTP response code was " + str(e.getcode()))
+        print("The HTTP client error was: " + format(e))
+        return 0
+        
+    return 1