wbcrm 1.43.1__py2.py3-none-any.whl

wbcrm/synchronization/activity/controller.py

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+import copy
+import dataclasses
+import operator
+from functools import reduce
+from typing import Any
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import transaction
+from django.db.models import Q, QuerySet
+from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
+from django.utils import timezone
+from wbcore.contrib.agenda.models import Building, ConferenceRoom
+from wbcore.contrib.directory.models import EmailContact, Person
+from wbcrm.models import Activity, ActivityParticipant, ActivityType, Event
+from wbcrm.synchronization.activity.utils import flattened_metadata_lookup
+from wbcrm.typings import Activity as ActivityDTO
+from wbcrm.typings import ConferenceRoom as ConferenceRoomDTO
+from wbcrm.typings import ParticipantStatus as ParticipantStatusDTO
+from wbcrm.typings import Person as PersonDTO
+from wbcrm.typings import User as UserDTO
+
+from .backend import SyncBackend
+from .preferences import (
+    can_sync_cancelled_activity,
+    can_sync_cancelled_external_activity,
+    can_sync_create_new_activity_on_replanned_reviewed_activity,
+    can_sync_past_activity,
+    can_synchronize_activity_description,
+    can_synchronize_external_participants,
+)
+
+
+class ActivityController:
+    update_fields = [
+        "title",
+        "period",
+        "visibility",
+        "creator",
+        "conference_room",
+        "reminder_choice",
+        "is_cancelled",
+        "all_day",
+        "online_meeting",
+        "location",
+        "description",
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, backend: SyncBackend):
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            raise ValueError("DEBUG Mode -> activity sync disabled")
+        self.backend = backend()
+
+    def _is_valid(self, activity_dto: ActivityDTO) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if the activity can be synchronized or not.
+        - Past activity is not synchronized if global preference is False
+        - Activity is synchronized if at least one of the participants has an active webhook
+        """
+        if period := activity_dto.period:
+            if period.upper < timezone.now() and not can_sync_past_activity():
+                return False
+            else:
+                return self.backend.is_valid(activity_dto)
+        else:
+            qs_activities = self.get_activities(activity_dto)
+            with transaction.atomic():
+                return qs_activities.exists() and any(
+                    [self._is_valid(act._build_dto()) for act in qs_activities if act.period]
+                )
+
+    def handle_inbound_validation_response(self, request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
+        """
+        allows to send a response to the external calendar if it is required before receiving the events in the webhook
+        """
+        return self.backend._validation_response(request)
+
+    def get_events_from_inbound_request(self, request: HttpRequest) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """
+        allows to get list of event following the notification
+        """
+        events = []
+        self.backend.open()
+        if self.backend._is_inbound_request_valid(request):
+            for event in self.backend._get_events_from_request(request):
+                events.append(event)
+        self.backend.close()
+        return events
+
+    def handle_inbound(self, event: dict, event_object_id: int) -> None:
+        """
+        Each event received in the webhook is processed here, it allows to delete or create/update the corresponding activity
+        """
+        self.backend.open()
+        activity_dto, is_deleted, user_dto = self.backend._deserialize(event)
+        if activity_dto.is_recurrent or self._is_valid(activity_dto):
+            if is_deleted:
+                self.delete_activity(activity_dto, user_dto, event_object_id)
+            else:
+                self.update_or_create_activity(activity_dto, event_object_id)
+        self.backend.close()
+
+    def _handle_outbound_data_preferences(self, activity_dto: ActivityDTO) -> tuple[ActivityDTO, list]:
+        """
+        Activity data is parsed to take into account the company's preferences
+        this allows you to exclude the description or exclude external participants from the data if global preference is True
+        """
+        if not can_synchronize_activity_description():
+            activity_dto.description = ""
+        valid_participants = []
+        internal_participants = []
+        for participant_dto in activity_dto.participants:
+            # External person are removed of the list if global preference is True
+            if Person.objects.get(id=participant_dto.person.id).is_internal or can_synchronize_external_participants():
+                internal_participants.append(participant_dto)
+                if participant_dto.status != ActivityParticipant.ParticipationStatus.CANCELLED:
+                    valid_participants.append(participant_dto)
+
+        activity_dto.participants = valid_participants
+
+        # list of external participants present in the external event, they will be added to the participants before updating the event to avoid deleting them
+        external_participants = (
+            self.backend.get_external_participants(activity_dto, internal_participants)
+            if not can_synchronize_external_participants()
+            else []
+        )
+        return activity_dto, external_participants
+
+    def handle_outbound(
+        self, activity_dto: ActivityDTO, old_activity_dto: ActivityDTO = None, is_deleted: bool = False
+    ):
+        """
+        Requests sent to the external calendar are processed here
+        It allows to send requests to delete, modify or create the event in the external calendar corresponding to the activity
+        """
+        if not self._is_valid(activity_dto):
+            return
+        self.backend.open()
+        if is_deleted or activity_dto.is_cancelled:
+            self.backend._stream_deletion(activity_dto)
+        else:
+            activities_metadata = []
+            created = True if not old_activity_dto else False
+            # dataclasses.replace returns a new copy of the object without passing in any changes, return a copy with no modification
+            activity_dto_preference, external_participants = self._handle_outbound_data_preferences(
+                dataclasses.replace(activity_dto)
+            )
+            activity_dict = self.backend._serialize(activity_dto_preference, created=created)
+            if created:  # then it's a creation
+                activities_metadata = self.backend._stream_creation(activity_dto, activity_dict)
+            elif self._has_changed(activity_dto, old_activity_dto):
+                keep_external_description = not can_synchronize_activity_description()
+                only_participants_changed = self._has_changed(
+                    activity_dto, old_activity_dto, update_fields=["participants"]
+                ) and not self._has_changed(activity_dto, old_activity_dto, exclude_fields=["participants"])
+                activities_metadata = self.backend._stream_update(
+                    activity_dto,
+                    activity_dict,
+                    only_participants_changed,
+                    external_participants,
+                    keep_external_description,
+                )
+
+            if activities_metadata:
+                for act_dto, act_metadata in activities_metadata:
+                    self.update_activity_metadata(act_dto, act_metadata)
+        self.backend.close()
+
+    def handle_outbound_participant(
+        self,
+        participant_dto: ParticipantStatusDTO,
+        old_participant_dto: ParticipantStatusDTO = None,
+        is_deleted: bool = False,
+    ):
+        """
+        allows to update the status of the event in the external calendar to match the one updated in the internal activity
+        """
+        # check if activity creator is internal or activity is not passed according to global preference
+        if not self._is_valid(participant_dto.activity):
+            return
+
+        # check if participant is internal or can sync external participant is allowed according to global preference
+        if not (
+            Person.objects.get(id=participant_dto.person.id).is_internal or can_synchronize_external_participants()
+        ):
+            return
+
+        self.backend.open()
+        was_cancelled = False
+        status_changed = False
+        if old_participant_dto and old_participant_dto.status != participant_dto.status:
+            was_cancelled = old_participant_dto.status == ActivityParticipant.ParticipationStatus.CANCELLED
+            status_changed = participant_dto.status not in [
+                ActivityParticipant.ParticipationStatus.NOTRESPONDED,
+                ActivityParticipant.ParticipationStatus.PENDING_INVITATION,
+            ]
+
+        wait_before_changing_status = False
+        if (not is_deleted and not old_participant_dto) or was_cancelled:
+            # self.backend._stream_forward(participant_dto.activity, [participant_dto])
+            # forward event doesn't work when user is an external, following the documentation it's recommended to only include the attendees property in the request body
+            # It will only send notifications to newly added attendees.
+            self.backend._stream_update_only_attendees(
+                activity_dto=participant_dto.activity, participants_dto=[participant_dto]
+            )
+            wait_before_changing_status = status_changed
+        if is_deleted or status_changed:
+            self.backend._stream_participant_change(
+                participant_dto, is_deleted, wait_before_changing=wait_before_changing_status
+            )
+        self.backend.close()
+
+    def handle_outbound_external_participants(self, activity_dto, participants_dto: list[ParticipantStatusDTO]):
+        """
+        allows to update the status of the event in the external calendar to match the one updated in the internal activity
+        """
+        # check if activity creator is internal or activity is not passed according to global preference
+        if not self._is_valid(activity_dto):
+            return
+
+        self.backend.open()
+        self.backend._stream_update_only_attendees(activity_dto=activity_dto, participants_dto=participants_dto)
+        self.backend.close()
+
+    def _changed_participants(
+        self, participants: list[ParticipantStatusDTO], old_participants: list[ParticipantStatusDTO]
+    ) -> bool:
+        """
+        Comparison of 2 lists of participants, returns false if they are identical
+        """
+        d1 = {elt.person.email: elt.status for elt in participants}
+        d2 = {elt.person.email: elt.status for elt in old_participants}
+        if set(d1.keys()) == set(d2.keys()):
+            return any([d1[key] != d2[key] for key in d1.keys()])
+        return True
+
+    def _has_changed(
+        self,
+        activity_dto: ActivityDTO,
+        old_activity_dto: ActivityDTO,
+        update_fields: list = [],
+        exclude_fields: list = [],
+    ) -> bool:
+        """
+        Comparison of 2 activities, returns false if they are identical
+
+        :param update_fields: allows to specify the list of fields taken into account in the comparison,
+        if not specified we use the list of the controller
+
+        :param exclude_fields: allows you to exclude fields from the comparison list
+        """
+        if not can_synchronize_activity_description():
+            exclude_fields.append("description")
+        update_fields = (
+            update_fields
+            if update_fields
+            else (
+                self.update_fields + ["propagate_for_all_children", "exclude_from_propagation"]
+                if self.update_fields
+                else activity_dto.__dataclass_fields__
+            )
+        )
+        fields = list(set(update_fields) - set(exclude_fields))
+        if "participants" in fields:
+            fields.remove("participants")
+            participants_changed = self._changed_participants(activity_dto.participants, old_activity_dto.participants)
+        else:
+            participants_changed = False
+        is_new_activity = True if activity_dto and not old_activity_dto else False
+        return (
+            participants_changed
+            or is_new_activity
+            or (
+                activity_dto
+                and old_activity_dto
+                and any(
+                    [getattr(activity_dto, field, None) != getattr(old_activity_dto, field, None) for field in fields]
+                )
+            )
+        )
+
+    def get_activities(self, activity_dto: ActivityDTO, _operator: operator = operator.or_) -> QuerySet["Activity"]:
+        """
+        Received events are deserialized into data transfer object of activity,
+        we use the metadata construct to identify the activity
+        the operator allows to know which operation combination to perform during the filter
+        """
+        if conditions := [
+            Q(**{key: value}) for key, value in flattened_metadata_lookup(activity_dto.metadata, key_string="metadata")
+        ]:
+            return Activity.all_objects.select_for_update().filter(reduce(_operator, conditions))
+        return Activity.objects.none()
+
+    def get_activity_participant(self, user_dto: UserDTO) -> Person:
+        """
+        Attendees of the external event are deserialized into person data transfer objects
+        we use the metadata construct to identify the person
+        """
+        if conditions := [
+            Q(**{key: value})
+            for key, value in flattened_metadata_lookup(user_dto.metadata, key_string="user_account__metadata")
+        ]:
+            try:
+                return Person.objects.get(reduce(operator.and_, conditions))
+            except Exception:
+                return None
+        return None
+
+    def _get_data_from_activity_dto(self, activity_dto: ActivityDTO, parent_occurrence: Activity = None) -> dict:
+        """
+        Data transfer object of activity obtained from the external event is parsed into a dict to allow the creation or update of the object in the database
+        """
+        activity_data = {}
+        fields = self.update_fields if self.update_fields else activity_dto.__dataclass_fields__
+        if not can_synchronize_activity_description() and "description" in fields:
+            fields.remove("description")
+
+        for field in fields:
+            activity_data[field] = getattr(activity_dto, field)
+        if activity_data.get("creator"):
+            activity_data["creator"] = self.get_or_create_person(activity_dto.creator)
+        if activity_data.get("conference_room"):
+            activity_data["conference_room"] = self.get_or_create_conference_room(activity_dto.conference_room)
+        if activity_dto.is_recurrent:
+            activity_data.update(
+                {
+                    "recurrence_end": activity_dto.recurrence_end,
+                    "recurrence_count": activity_dto.recurrence_count,
+                    "repeat_choice": activity_dto.repeat_choice,
+                }
+            )
+            if parent_occurrence:
+                activity_data["parent_occurrence"] = parent_occurrence
+        return activity_data
+
+    def _create_activity(self, activity_dto: ActivityDTO, parent_occurrence: Activity = None) -> Activity:
+        """
+        Uses the Data transfer object obtained from the external event to create the activity in the database
+        """
+        activity_data = self._get_data_from_activity_dto(activity_dto, parent_occurrence)
+        activity_type, created = ActivityType.objects.get_or_create(
+            slugify_title="meeting", defaults={"title": "Meeting"}
+        )
+        activity = Activity(**activity_data, type=activity_type)
+        activity.save(synchronize=False)
+        if activity.period.lower < activity.created:
+            # A created past event should not appear at the top of the list.
+            Activity.objects.filter(id=activity.id).update(created=activity.period.lower, edited=activity.period.lower)
+        self.update_or_create_participants(activity, activity_dto.participants)
+        self.update_activity_metadata(activity._build_dto(), activity_dto.metadata)
+        return activity
+
+    def _update_activity(
+        self, activity: Activity, activity_dto: ActivityDTO, parent_occurrence: Activity = None
+    ) -> tuple[Activity, str]:
+        """
+        Convert the data transfer object obtained from the external event into a dict to update the activity in the database.
+        """
+        activity_data = self._get_data_from_activity_dto(activity_dto, parent_occurrence)
+        if has_changed := self._has_changed(activity_dto, activity._build_dto(), update_fields=activity_data.keys()):
+            # When previously canceled by the only internal participant is finally accepted by the latter
+            if (
+                (creator := activity.creator)
+                and not creator.is_internal
+                and activity.status == Activity.Status.CANCELLED
+            ):
+                activity_data["status"] = Activity.Status.PLANNED
+            Activity.objects.filter(id=activity.id).update(**activity_data)
+            activity.refresh_from_db()
+            activity.save(synchronize=False)
+        _, participant_changed = self.update_or_create_participants(activity, activity_dto.participants)
+        self.update_activity_metadata(activity._build_dto(), activity_dto.metadata)
+        return activity, f"activity_changes: {has_changed}, participants_changes: {participant_changed or False}; "
+
+    @transaction.atomic
+    def update_or_create_activity(self, activity_dto: ActivityDTO, event_object_id: int | None = None) -> None:
+        """
+        allows you to create or update a single or recurring activity from a data transfer object obtained from an external event
+        """
+        qs_activities = self.get_activities(activity_dto)
+        if activity_dto.is_recurrent:
+            event_result = {"action_type": "update or create recurring activities", "action": ""}
+            ids_dto_dict = {}
+            dates_dto_dict = {}
+            for _dto in activity_dto.recurring_activities:
+                if _dto.id:
+                    ids_dto_dict[_dto.id] = _dto
+                dates_dto_dict[_dto.period.lower.date()] = _dto
+            ids_dto_list = set(ids_dto_dict.keys())
+            dates_dto_list = set(dates_dto_dict.keys())
+
+            for act in qs_activities.exclude(Q(id__in=ids_dto_list) | Q(period__startswith__date__in=dates_dto_list)):
+                act.delete(synchronize=False)
+            for act in qs_activities.filter(Q(id__in=ids_dto_list) | Q(period__startswith__date__in=dates_dto_list)):
+                act_dto = (
+                    _act_dto if (_act_dto := ids_dto_dict.get(act.id)) else dates_dto_dict[act.period.lower.date()]
+                )
+                activity_updated, _ = self._update_activity(act, act_dto)
+                if not act_dto.id:
+                    self.backend._stream_extension_event(activity_updated._build_dto())
+
+            dates_act_dict = {act.period.lower.date(): act for act in qs_activities}
+            if dates_to_create := dates_dto_list.difference(set(dates_act_dict.keys())):
+                parent_start = sorted(dates_dto_list)[0]
+                if dates_act_dict.get(parent_start):
+                    parent_act = dates_act_dict[parent_start]
+                else:
+                    parent_dto = dates_dto_dict[parent_start]
+                    if parent_dto.id and (instance := Activity.all_objects.filter(id=parent_dto.id).first()):
+                        Activity.all_objects.filter(id=parent_dto.id).update(parent_occurrence=None, is_active=True)
+                        parent_act, _ = self._update_activity(instance, parent_dto)
+                    else:
+                        if parent_act := self._create_activity(parent_dto):
+                            qs_activities.exclude(id=parent_act.id).update(parent_occurrence=parent_act)
+                            self.backend._stream_extension_event(parent_act._build_dto())
+                if parent_start in dates_to_create:
+                    dates_to_create.remove(parent_start)
+                for _start_date in sorted(dates_to_create):
+                    instance_dto = dates_dto_dict[_start_date]
+                    if (instance_dto.id and (instance := Activity.all_objects.filter(id=instance_dto.id).first())) or (
+                        instance := parent_act.child_activities.filter(period__startswith__date=_start_date).first()
+                    ):
+                        new_activity, _ = self._update_activity(instance, instance_dto, parent_occurrence=parent_act)
+                    else:
+                        new_activity = self._create_activity(instance_dto, parent_occurrence=parent_act)
+                        self.backend._stream_extension_event(new_activity._build_dto())
+        else:
+            if qs_activities.exists():
+                event_result = {"action_type": "update", "action": ""}
+                for activity in qs_activities:
+                    previous_status = activity.status
+                    if not (
+                        previous_status == Activity.Status.REVIEWED
+                        and can_sync_create_new_activity_on_replanned_reviewed_activity()
+                        and activity._build_dto().period != activity_dto.period
+                    ):
+                        activity_updated, participant_updates_info = self._update_activity(activity, activity_dto)
+                        msg = f"{activity.id} => {previous_status} activity, {participant_updates_info} -> {activity_updated.status} activity; "
+                        event_result["action"] += msg
+                    else:
+                        new_activity = self._create_activity(activity_dto)
+                        event_result[
+                            "action"
+                        ] += f"reviewed activity {activity.id} replanned to {new_activity.id} -> new activity {new_activity.status} created"
+                        # remove metadata since the old activity is not sync anymore
+                        Activity.objects.filter(id=activity.id).update(
+                            metadata={
+                                self.backend.METADATA_KEY: {
+                                    "info": f"reviewed activity has been replanned to {new_activity.id}"
+                                }
+                            }
+                        )
+            else:
+                new_activity = self._create_activity(activity_dto)
+                event_result = {
+                    "action_type": "create",
+                    "action": f"{new_activity.id} -> new activity {new_activity.status} created",
+                }
+        Event.objects.filter(id=event_object_id).update(result=event_result)
+
+    def update_activity_metadata(self, activity_dto: ActivityDTO, new_metadata):
+        """
+        allows to update the metadata used to save the external event id which is used to retrieve the event/activity
+        """
+        old_metadata = activity_dto.metadata.get(self.backend.METADATA_KEY, {})
+        metadata = copy.deepcopy(old_metadata)
+        new_metadata = new_metadata.get(self.backend.METADATA_KEY, {})
+        for key, new_value in new_metadata.items():
+            if old_value := metadata.get(key):
+                if isinstance(old_value, list):
+                    values = set(new_value) if isinstance(new_value, list) else {new_value}
+                    if new_values := [_value for _value in values if _value not in old_value]:
+                        metadata[key] = sorted(old_value + new_values)
+                else:
+                    metadata[key] = new_value
+            else:
+                metadata[key] = new_value
+        if old_metadata != metadata:
+            activity_dto.metadata[self.backend.METADATA_KEY] = metadata
+            Activity.objects.filter(id=activity_dto.id).update(metadata=activity_dto.metadata)
+
+    def _cancel_or_delete_activity(self, activity: "Activity") -> None:
+        """
+        when an event is deleted in the external calendar, we cancel or delete the activity according to global preferences
+        """
+        if can_sync_cancelled_activity():
+            if activity.status != Activity.Status.CANCELLED:
+                activity.cancel()
+                activity.save(synchronize=False)
+        else:
+            activity.delete(synchronize=False)
+
+    def _delete_activity(self, activity: Activity, participant: Person, exact_match: bool):
+        previous_status = activity.status
+        internal_activity = activity.creator.is_internal if activity.creator else False
+        is_internal_creator = internal_activity and activity.creator == participant
+        if exact_match and is_internal_creator:
+            if activity.parent_occurrence:
+                # delete instance activity if it's not the parent of recurring activities
+                activity.delete(synchronize=False)
+            else:
+                # single activity or first parent of recurring activity
+                self._cancel_or_delete_activity(activity)
+            msg = f"{activity.id} => {previous_status} activity {activity.status}; "
+        else:
+            activity.activity_participants.filter(participant=participant).update(
+                participation_status=ActivityParticipant.ParticipationStatus.CANCELLED
+            )
+            msg = f"{activity.id} => participant status cancelled; "
+
+        # Handle external creator activity cancellation if no internal participants exist
+        internal_participants_exist = (
+            activity.activity_participants.exclude(
+                participation_status=ActivityParticipant.ParticipationStatus.CANCELLED
+            )
+            .exclude(participant=participant)
+            .filter(participant__in=Person.objects.filter_only_internal())
+            .exists()
+        )
+        if not internal_activity and can_sync_cancelled_external_activity() and not internal_participants_exist:
+            self._cancel_or_delete_activity(activity)
+            msg += f"external {previous_status} activity {activity.status}; "
+
+        return msg
+
+    @transaction.atomic
+    def delete_activity(
+        self, activity_dto: ActivityDTO, user_dto: UserDTO, event_object_id: int | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        event_result = {"action_type": "delete", "action": ""}
+
+        # Try to get the participant, return if not found
+        participant = self.get_activity_participant(user_dto)
+        if not participant:
+            Event.objects.filter(id=event_object_id).update(result=event_result)
+            return
+
+        # Prepare query sets for activities deletion
+        qs_activities = self.get_activities(activity_dto, operator.and_)  # activities deleted by the organizer
+        qs_invitation_activities = self.get_activities(activity_dto)  # activities deleted by a participant
+
+        # skip deletion when notification received is not a deletion
+        if not activity_dto.delete_notification:
+            activities_ids = list(qs_invitation_activities.values_list("id", "status"))
+            event_result["action"] += f"{activities_ids} => skip deletion; wait for delete notification"
+            Event.objects.filter(id=event_object_id).update(result=event_result)
+            return
+
+        # Handle activities deleted by organizer
+        if qs_activities.exists():
+            for activity in qs_activities:
+                event_result["action"] += self._delete_activity(activity, participant, exact_match=True)
+
+        # Handle activities with participant invitation
+        elif qs_invitation_activities.exists():
+            for activity in qs_invitation_activities:
+                event_result["action"] += self._delete_activity(activity, participant, exact_match=False)
+
+        event_result["participant"] = participant.id
+        Event.objects.filter(id=event_object_id).update(result=event_result)
+
+    def get_or_create_person(self, person_dto: PersonDTO) -> Person:
+        """
+        A method to get or create the internal person of a "External" event. Returns a Person objects of the internal database.
+
+        :param mail: person mail.
+        """
+        potential_persons = Person.objects.filter(emails__address=person_dto.email.lower()).order_by(
+            "-emails__primary"
+        )
+        if potential_persons.exists():
+            person = potential_persons.first()  # TODO change with owner feature
+        else:
+            person = Person.objects.create(
+                last_name=person_dto.last_name, first_name=person_dto.first_name, is_draft_entry=True
+            )
+            if (
+                potential_contact := EmailContact.objects.filter(entry__isnull=True, address=person_dto.email.lower())
+                .order_by("-primary")
+                .first()
+            ):
+                EmailContact.objects.filter(id=potential_contact.id).update(entry=person)
+            else:
+                EmailContact.objects.create(entry=person, address=person_dto.email, primary=True)
+        return person
+
+    def get_or_create_conference_room(self, conference_room: ConferenceRoomDTO) -> ConferenceRoom:
+        if ConferenceRoom.objects.filter(email=conference_room.email).exists():
+            conference_room = ConferenceRoom.objects.get(email=conference_room.email)
+        else:
+            name_building = conference_room.name_building if conference_room.name_building else conference_room.email
+            name_conference_room = conference_room.name if conference_room.name else conference_room.email
+            building, _ = Building.objects.get_or_create(name=name_building)
+            conference_room = ConferenceRoom.objects.create(
+                name=name_conference_room, email=conference_room.email, building=building
+            )
+        return conference_room
+
+    def update_or_create_participants(
+        self, activity: Activity, participants_dto: list[ParticipantStatusDTO]
+    ) -> tuple[list[ActivityParticipant], str]:
+        """
+        allows to create or update the status of the participants of an activity
+        """
+        activity_participants = []
+        participants_changed = ""
+        for participant_dto in participants_dto:
+            person = self.get_or_create_person(participant_dto.person)
+            kwargs = {"participation_status": participant_dto.status} if participant_dto.status else {}
+
+            if activity_participant := ActivityParticipant.objects.filter(
+                activity=activity, participant=person
+            ).first():
+                if activity_participant.participation_status != participant_dto.status:
+                    ActivityParticipant.objects.filter(activity=activity, participant=person).update(**kwargs)
+                    participants_changed += (
+                        f"- {person}: {activity_participant.participation_status} -> {participant_dto.status}"
+                    )
+            else:
+                activity_participant = ActivityParticipant.objects.create(
+                    activity=activity, participant=person, **kwargs
+                )
+                participants_changed += f"- new participant {person}: {participant_dto.status}"
+            activity_participants.append(activity_participant)
+        return activity_participants, participants_changed