added another signal - new_comment_posted, in hindsight maybe we should have had just one "new_post_created" instead of the three separate ones

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/askbot/models/signals.py b/askbot/models/signals.py
index 4104ec62..42a9c787 100644
--- a/askbot/models/signals.py
+++ b/askbot/models/signals.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ new_answer_posted = django.dispatch.Signal(
 new_question_posted = django.dispatch.Signal(
     providing_args=['question', 'user', 'form_data']
 )
+new_comment_posted = django.dispatch.Signal(
+    providing_args=['comment', 'user', 'form_data']
+)
 answer_edited = django.dispatch.Signal(
     providing_args=['answer', 'user', 'form_data']
 )
diff --git a/askbot/views/writers.py b/askbot/views/writers.py
index 8379ba82..9890e579 100644
--- a/askbot/views/writers.py
+++ b/askbot/views/writers.py
@@ -720,9 +720,14 @@ def post_comments(request):#generic ajax handler to load comments to an object
                         '<a href="%(sign_in_url)s">sign in</a>.') % \
                         {'sign_in_url': url_utils.get_login_url()}
                 raise exceptions.PermissionDenied(msg)
-            user.post_comment(
+            comment = user.post_comment(
                 parent_post=post, body_text=form.cleaned_data['comment']
             )
+            signals.new_comment_posted.send(None,
+                comment=comment,
+                user=user,
+                form_data=form.cleaned_data
+            )
             response = __generate_comments_json(post, user)
         except exceptions.PermissionDenied, e:
             response = HttpResponseForbidden(unicode(e), mimetype="application/json")