[IMP] mail: add method to notify recipients of content not related to a document

Mail API contains a message_post method allowing to post a message on a
document. In some cases we would like to push notifications to recipients
that are not necessarily linked to a document. For that purpose we
introduce message_notify. It is a shortcut that prepares the message and
speeds up the computation by pre-computing message values. This method
calls message_post and therefore the whole notification process. It
means no custom code for pushing inbox or email notifications is necessary.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/addons/test_mail/tests/test_message_compose.py b/addons/test_mail/tests/test_message_compose.py
index 6fe72d4da6f..08b7760f3bd 100644
--- a/addons/test_mail/tests/test_message_compose.py
+++ b/addons/test_mail/tests/test_message_compose.py
@@ -213,6 +213,20 @@ class TestMessagePost(BaseFunctionalTest, MockEmails, TestRecipients):
         self.assertEqual(new_note.email_from, formataddr((self.user_employee.name, self.user_employee.email)))
         self.assertEqual(new_note.needaction_partner_ids, self.env['res.partner'])
 
+    def test_post_notify(self):
+        self.user_employee.write({'notification_type': 'inbox'})
+        new_notification = self.env['mail.thread'].message_notify(
+            subject='This should be a subject',
+            body='<p>You have received a notification</p>',
+            partner_ids=[(4, self.partner_1.id), (4, self.user_employee.partner_id.id)],
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(new_notification.subtype_id, self.env.ref('mail.mt_note'))
+        self.assertEqual(new_notification.body, '<p>You have received a notification</p>')
+        self.assertEqual(new_notification.author_id, self.env.user.partner_id)
+        self.assertEqual(new_notification.email_from, formataddr((self.env.user.name, self.env.user.email)))
+        self.assertEqual(new_notification.needaction_partner_ids, self.partner_1 | self.user_employee.partner_id)
+
 
 class TestComposer(BaseFunctionalTest, MockEmails, TestRecipients):