Better tasks api endpoint

src/documents/migrations/1021_paperlesstask.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def init_paperless_tasks(apps, schema_editor):
     PaperlessTask = apps.get_model("documents", "PaperlessTask")
     Task = apps.get_model("django_q", "Task")
 
-    for task in Task.objects.all():
+    for task in Task.objects.filter(func="documents.tasks.consume_file"):
         if not hasattr(task, "paperlesstask"):
             paperlesstask = PaperlessTask.objects.create(
                 attempted_task=task,

src/documents/serialisers.py

@@ -598,12 +598,29 @@ class UiSettingsViewSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         return ui_settings
 
 
-class TasksViewSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+class TasksViewSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = PaperlessTask
+        depth = 1
+        fields = "__all__"
 
-    type = serializers.ChoiceField(
+    type = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-        choices=["all", "incomplete", "complete", "failed"],
+
-        default="all",
+    def get_type(self, obj):
-    )
+        # just file tasks, for now
+        return "file"
+
+    status = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    def get_status(self, obj):
+        if obj.attempted_task is None:
+            return "incomplete"
+        elif obj.attempted_task.success:
+            return "complete"
+        elif not obj.attempted_task.success:
+            return "failed"
+        else:
+            return "unknown"
 
 
 class AcknowledgeTasksViewSerializer(serializers.Serializer):

src/documents/views.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
 from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet
+from rest_framework.viewsets import ReadOnlyModelViewSet
 from rest_framework.viewsets import ViewSet
 
 from .bulk_download import ArchiveOnlyStrategy
@@ -800,51 +801,18 @@ class UiSettingsView(GenericAPIView):
         )
 
 
-class TasksView(GenericAPIView):
+class TasksViewSet(ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
 
     permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
     serializer_class = TasksViewSerializer
 
-    def get(self, request, format=None):
+    queryset = (
-        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
+        PaperlessTask.objects.filter(
-        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+            acknowledged=False,
-
-        tasks = (
-            PaperlessTask.objects.filter(
-                acknowledged=False,
-            )
-            .order_by("attempted_task__started")
-            .reverse()
-        )
-        incomplete_tasks = tasks.filter(attempted_task=None).values(
-            "id",
-            "task_id",
-            "name",
-            "created",
-            "acknowledged",
-        )
-        failed_tasks = tasks.filter(attempted_task__success=0).values(
-            "id",
-            "task_id",
-            "name",
-            "created",
-            "acknowledged",
-        )
-        completed_tasks = tasks.filter(attempted_task__success=1).values(
-            "id",
-            "task_id",
-            "name",
-            "created",
-            "acknowledged",
-        )
-        return Response(
-            {
-                "total": tasks.count(),
-                "incomplete": incomplete_tasks,
-                "failed": failed_tasks,
-                "completed": completed_tasks,
-            },
         )
+        .order_by("created")
+        .reverse()
+    )
 
 
 class AcknowledgeTasksView(GenericAPIView):
@@ -859,11 +827,9 @@ class AcknowledgeTasksView(GenericAPIView):
         tasks = serializer.validated_data.get("tasks")
 
         try:
-            logger.debug(tasks)
             result = PaperlessTask.objects.filter(id__in=tasks).update(
                 acknowledged=True,
             )
             return Response({"result": result})
-            pass
+        except Exception:
-        except Exception as e:
+            return HttpResponseBadRequest()
-            return HttpResponseBadRequest(str(e))

src/paperless/urls.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from documents.views import SelectionDataView
 from documents.views import StatisticsView
 from documents.views import StoragePathViewSet
 from documents.views import TagViewSet
-from documents.views import TasksView
+from documents.views import TasksViewSet
 from documents.views import UiSettingsView
 from documents.views import UnifiedSearchViewSet
 from paperless.consumers import StatusConsumer
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ api_router.register(r"logs", LogViewSet, basename="logs")
 api_router.register(r"tags", TagViewSet)
 api_router.register(r"saved_views", SavedViewViewSet)
 api_router.register(r"storage_paths", StoragePathViewSet)
+api_router.register(r"tasks", TasksViewSet, basename="tasks")
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
@@ -88,11 +89,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
                     UiSettingsView.as_view(),
                     name="ui_settings",
                 ),
-                re_path(
-                    r"^tasks/",
-                    TasksView.as_view(),
-                    name="tasks",
-                ),
                 re_path(
                     r"^acknowledge_tasks/",
                     AcknowledgeTasksView.as_view(),