Native Ads Weekly Dev Update #4

Since my last update, I implemented the "ordered workflow" logic, which deals with ad operations; validating them and saving the various state changes to the DB. Here's a brief rundown on what I did:

• implemented validation checks for all ad operations (adSubmit, adBid, adApprove, adAllocate, adReject)
• implemented the ordered workflow to handle ad state (draft, submitted, approved)

I also moved core native ad code to the hive/indexer/native_ad.py module, in two classes:

• NativeAd: handles initial ad creation, content updates and other common methods
• NativeAdOp: handles individual ad operations (validating ops & updating the DB)

I did this for modularity, to make integration into the indexer as easy as adding a few lines of code to the core Hivemind codebase, with most code residing in the new hive/indexer/native_ad.py module. The benefits:

• limits the code's exposure to upstream changes
• isolates local changes from the core codebase
• easier code review during future merges
• isolated debugging

You can see all the commits I made last week in the native-ads-alpha-dev branch:

https://github.com/imwatsi/hivemind/commits/native-ads-alpha-dev

This week's scope

• SQL queries that will be used to update DB state, triggered by ad operations
• tracking payments, storing them in DB, trigerring updates to ad state
• performing test operations

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See my current branches on GitHub:

https://github.com/imwatsi/hivemind/branches