bulk edit view

src/documents/serialisers.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.utils.text import slugify
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.fields import SerializerMethodField
 
+from . import bulk_edit
 from .models import Correspondent, Tag, Document, Log, DocumentType
 from .parsers import is_mime_type_supported
 
@@ -164,11 +165,10 @@ class LogSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
 class BulkEditSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
 
-    documents = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(
-        many=True,
+    documents = serializers.ListField(
+        child=serializers.IntegerField(),
         label="Documents",
-        write_only=True,
-        queryset=Document.objects.all()
+        write_only=True
     )
 
     method = serializers.ChoiceField(
@@ -185,6 +185,20 @@ class BulkEditSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
 
     parameters = serializers.DictField(allow_empty=True)
 
+    def validate_method(self, method):
+        if method == "set_correspondent":
+            return bulk_edit.set_correspondent
+        elif method == "set_document_type":
+            return bulk_edit.set_document_type
+        elif method == "add_tag":
+            return bulk_edit.add_tag
+        elif method == "remove_tag":
+            return bulk_edit.remove_tag
+        elif method == "delete":
+            return bulk_edit.delete
+        else:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError("Unsupported method.")
+
     def validate(self, attrs):
 
         return attrs

src/documents/views.py

@@ -278,6 +278,17 @@ class BulkEditView(APIView):
         serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
 
+        method = serializer.validated_data.get("method")
+        parameters = serializer.validated_data.get("parameters")
+        documents = serializer.validated_data.get("documents")
+
+        try:
+            # TODO: parameter validation
+            result = method(documents, **parameters)
+            return Response({"result": result})
+        except Exception as e:
+            return HttpResponseBadRequest(str(e))
+
 
 class PostDocumentView(APIView):
 

src/paperless/urls.py

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ from documents.views import (
     IndexView,
     SearchAutoCompleteView,
     StatisticsView,
-    PostDocumentView
+    PostDocumentView,
+    BulkEditView
 )
 from paperless.views import FaviconView
 
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ urlpatterns = [
         re_path(r"^documents/post_document/", PostDocumentView.as_view(),
                 name="post_document"),
 
+
+        re_path(r"^documents/bulk_edit/", BulkEditView.as_view(),
+                name="bulk_edit"),
+
         path('token/', views.obtain_auth_token)
 
     ] + api_router.urls)),