Remove timestamp as a field of the MessageModel class

References: #17

API/main.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 class UserModel(db.Model):
     """Model class defined for the User table."""
 
+    # Name of the table created in the database
     __tablename__ = 'users'
 
     _id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
 class RoomModel(db.Model):
     """Model class defined for the Room table."""
 
+    # Name of the table created in the database
     __tablename__ = 'rooms'
 
     _id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
@@ -54,11 +56,11 @@ def __repr__(self):
 class MessageModel(db.Model):
     """Model class defined for the Message table."""
 
-    __meetingrooms__ = 'messages'
+    # Name of the table created in the database
+    __tablename__ = 'messages'
 
     _id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
     body = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=False)
-    timestamp = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=False)
     sender_id = db.Column(db.Integer,
         db.ForeignKey('users._id', onupdate='CASCADE', ondelete='CASCADE'),
         nullable=False    
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ class MessageModel(db.Model):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         """Object representation for a record of a Message."""
-        return f'Message(body={self.text}, timestamp={self.timestamp}, sender={self.user.name}, room={self.room.name}'
+        return f'Message(body={self.body}, sender={self.user.name}, room={self.room.name}'
 # ---------------------
 
 
@@ -101,9 +103,6 @@ def __repr__(self):
 message_post_reqparser.add_argument('body', type=str, 
     help='Required. Body of the message. Cannot be empty.', required=True
 )
-message_post_reqparser.add_argument('timestamp', type=str,
-    help='Required. Timestamp for the message expressed as a string.', required=True
-)
 message_post_reqparser.add_argument('sender_name', type=str, 
     help='Required. Name of the sender.', required=True
 )
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ def __repr__(self):
 message_fields = {
     '_id': fields.Integer,
     'body': fields.String,
-    'timestamp': fields.DateTime,
     'sender_id': fields.Integer,
     'room_id': fields.Integer
 }
@@ -385,7 +383,7 @@ def get(self, room_name):
         if not room:
             abort(404, error_code=404, error_msg='No room with the given name exists in the database.')
 
-        results = db.session.query(MessageModel).filter_by(room_id=room).all()
+        results = db.session.query(MessageModel).filter_by(room_id=room._id).all()
 
         if not results:
             abort(404, error_code=404, error_msg='No messages exist in the given room.')
@@ -394,7 +392,6 @@ def get(self, room_name):
         for record in results:
             messages[record._id] = {
                 'body': record.body,
-                'timestamp': record.timestamp,
                 'sender_name': record.user.name,
                 'room_name': record.room.name
             }
@@ -435,7 +432,6 @@ def post(self):
             )
 
         new_message = RoomModel(body=new_message_args['body'], 
-            timestamp=datetime.strptime(new_message_args['timestamp']),
             sender_id=sender, room_id=room
         )
         db.session.add(new_message)

API/test.py

@@ -66,33 +66,29 @@ def load_database():
     messages_data = [
         {
             'body': 'Text for message 1 sent by User 2 in Room 1.',
-            'timestamp': datetime.now(),
             'sender': sender_2,
             'room': room_1
         },
         {
             'body': 'Text for message 2 sent by User 1 in Room 1',
-            'timestamp': datetime.now(),
             'sender': room_admin,
             'room': room_1
         },
         {
             'body': 'Text for message 3 sent by User 3 in Room 2',
-            'timestamp': datetime.now(),
             'sender': sender_3,
             'room': room_2
         },
         {
             'body': 'Text for message 3 sent by User 2 in Room 2',
-            'timestamp': datetime.now(),
             'sender': sender_2,
             'room': room_2
         }
     ]
 
     print('Inserting mock data to the message table in the database...')
     for message in messages_data:
-        new_message = Message(body=message['body'], timestamp=message['timestamp'], room_id=message['room']._id)
+        new_message = Message(body=message['body'], room_id=message['room']._id)
         message['sender'].sends.append(new_message)
         db.session.commit()
         print(f'Added new message, "{new_message.body}", sent by {new_message.user.name} on {new_message.room.name}')