Poll for notifications

bookwyrm/views/updates.py

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+''' endpoints for getting updates about activity '''
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
+from django.views import View
+
+# pylint: disable= no-self-use
+@method_decorator(login_required, name='dispatch')
+class Updates(View):
+    ''' so the app can poll '''
+    def get(self, request):
+        ''' any notifications waiting? '''
+        return JsonResponse({
+            'notifications': request.user.notification_set.filter(
+                read=False
+            ).count(),
+        })