chore: change user hyperlink field

backend/notifications/serializers.py

@@ -13,21 +13,11 @@ class Meta:
         fields = "__all__"
 
 
-# Hyper linked user field that returns a hyper link but expects an id
-class UserHyperLinkedRelatedField(serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField):
-    view_name = "user-detail"
-    queryset = User.objects.all()
-
-    def to_internal_value(self, data):
-        try:
-            return self.queryset.get(pk=data)
-        except User.DoesNotExist:
-            self.fail("no_match")
-
-
 class NotificationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     # Hyper linked user field
-    user = UserHyperLinkedRelatedField()
+    user = serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField(
+        view_name="user-detail", queryset=User.objects.all()
+    )
 
     # Translate template and arguments into a message
     message = serializers.SerializerMethodField()

backend/notifications/signals.py

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import io
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Dict
 
 from authentication.models import User
 from django.dispatch import Signal, receiver
-from notifications.models import Notification, NotificationTemplate
+from django.urls import reverse
 from notifications.serializers import NotificationSerializer
-from rest_framework.parsers import JSONParser
 
 notification_create = Signal()
 
@@ -18,7 +16,11 @@ def notification_creation(
     type: NotificationType, user: User, arguments: Dict[str, str], **kwargs
 ) -> bool:
     serializer = NotificationSerializer(
-        data={"template_id": type.value, "user": user.id, "arguments": arguments}
+        data={
+            "template_id": type.value,
+            "user": reverse("user-detail", kwargs={"pk": user.id}),
+            "arguments": arguments,
+        }
     )
 
     if not serializer.is_valid():
@@ -30,5 +32,5 @@ def notification_creation(
 
 
 class NotificationType(Enum):
-    SCORE_ADDED = 1     # Arguments: {"score": int}
-    SCORE_UPDATED = 2   # Arguments: {"score": int}
+    SCORE_ADDED = 1  # Arguments: {"score": int}
+    SCORE_UPDATED = 2  # Arguments: {"score": int}

backend/notifications/views.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class NotificationPermission(BasePermission):
     # The user can only access their own notifications
     # An admin can access all notifications
     def has_permission(self, request: Request, view: NotificationView) -> bool:
-        return view.kwargs.get("user_id") == request.user.id
+        return view.kwargs.get("user_id") == request.user.id or request.user.is_staff
 
 
 class NotificationView(APIView):