Merge pull request #205 from edx/perf/get-thread-without-responses

Add the ability to request a thread without its responses.

api/comment_threads.rb

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ get "#{APIPREFIX}/threads/:thread_id" do |thread_id|
   else
     resp_limit = nil
   end
-  presenter.to_hash(true, resp_skip, resp_limit, bool_recursive).to_json
+  presenter.to_hash(bool_with_responses, resp_skip, resp_limit, bool_recursive).to_json
 end
 
 put "#{APIPREFIX}/threads/:thread_id" do |thread_id|

lib/helpers.rb

 require 'new_relic/agent/method_tracer'
 
 helpers do
-
   def commentable
     @commentable ||= Commentable.find(params[:commentable_id])
   end
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ helpers do
     obj.reload.to_hash.to_json
   end
 
-
   def pin(obj)
     raise ArgumentError, t(:user_id_is_required) unless user
     obj.pinned = true
@@ -94,8 +92,6 @@ helpers do
     obj.reload.to_hash.to_json
   end
 
-  
-  
   def value_to_boolean(value)
     !!(value.to_s =~ /^true$/i)
   end
@@ -104,6 +100,10 @@ helpers do
     value_to_boolean params["recursive"]
   end
 
+  def bool_with_responses
+    value_to_boolean params["with_responses"] || "true"
+  end
+
   def bool_mark_as_read
     value_to_boolean params["mark_as_read"]
   end
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ helpers do
     per_page,
     context=:course
   )
-
     context_threads = comment_threads.where({:context => context})
 
     if not group_ids.empty?
@@ -365,7 +364,6 @@ helpers do
     end
 
     notification_map.to_json
-
   end
 
   def filter_blocked_content body
@@ -390,5 +388,4 @@ helpers do
   add_method_tracer :flag_as_abuse
   add_method_tracer :un_flag_as_abuse
   add_method_tracer :handle_threads_query
-
 end

presenters/thread.rb

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ThreadPresenter
     @is_endorsed = is_endorsed
   end
 
-  def to_hash with_responses=false, resp_skip=0, resp_limit=nil, recursive=true
+  def to_hash(with_responses=false, resp_skip=0, resp_limit=nil, recursive=true)
     raise ArgumentError unless resp_skip >= 0
     raise ArgumentError unless resp_limit.nil? or resp_limit >= 1
     h = @thread.to_hash

spec/api/comment_thread_spec.rb

@@ -513,6 +513,18 @@ describe "app" do
         check_thread_result_json(nil, thread, parsed)
       end
 
+      context 'when requesting the thread for informational purposes' do
+        subject do
+          get "/api/v1/threads/#{thread.id}", with_responses: false # we're asking for no responses here.
+        end
+
+        it 'should have no children' do
+          expect(subject).to be_ok
+          parsed = parse(subject.body)
+          expect(parsed).not_to include('children')
+        end
+      end
+
       context 'when marking as read' do
         subject do
           get "/api/v1/threads/#{thread.id}", {:user_id => thread.author.id, :mark_as_read => true}