From 2f2adb56703a5871b1c382b4ce1093122c89b3ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roel Bruggink <roel@jaroel.nl>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 23:32:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Support a list of objects in content.delete

Dont.

Just use 'delete'

Be explicit
---
 docs/CHANGES.rst                    |  3 +++
 docs/content.rst                    | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 src/plone/api/content.py            | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 src/plone/api/tests/test_content.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.rst b/docs/CHANGES.rst
index 9517a953..252a1602 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Changelog
 - Added local TOCS to main docs pages. Fixes #90.
   [jaroel]
 
+- Allow deleting multiple objects. Fixes #198
+  [jaroel]
+
 - Fixed `make docs`.
   [jaroel]
 
diff --git a/docs/content.rst b/docs/content.rst
index 540a0dd7..c74d4d24 100644
--- a/docs/content.rst
+++ b/docs/content.rst
@@ -267,6 +267,26 @@ To delete a content object, pass the object to the :meth:`api.content.delete` me
     self.assertFalse(portal.get('copy_of_training'))
 
 
+To delete multiple content objects, pass the objects to the :meth:`api.content.delete` method:
+
+.. invisible-code-block: python
+
+    api.content.copy(source=portal['training'], target=portal, safe_id=True)
+    api.content.copy(source=portal['events']['training'], target=portal['events'], safe_id=True)
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from plone import api
+    portal = api.portal.get()
+    data = [portal['copy_of_training'], portal['events']['copy_of_training'], ]
+    api.content.delete(objects=data)
+
+.. invisible-code-block: python
+
+    self.assertFalse(portal.get('copy_of_training'))
+    self.assertFalse(portal.events.get('copy_of_training'))
+
+
 .. _content_manipulation_with_safe_id_option:
 
 Content manipulation with the `safe_id` option
diff --git a/src/plone/api/content.py b/src/plone/api/content.py
index 4ad8a3f2..31a59fe5 100644
--- a/src/plone/api/content.py
+++ b/src/plone/api/content.py
@@ -254,17 +254,24 @@ def copy(source=None, target=None, id=None, safe_id=False):
         return target[new_id]
 
 
-@required_parameters('obj')
-def delete(obj=None):
-    """Delete the object.
+@at_least_one_of('obj', 'objects')
+def delete(obj=None, objects=None):
+    """Delete the object(s).
 
-    :param obj: [required] Object that we want to delete.
+    :param obj: Object that we want to delete.
     :type obj: Content object
+    :param objects: Objects that we want to delete.
+    :type objects: List of content objects
     :raises:
         ValueError
     :Example: :ref:`content_delete_example`
     """
-    obj.aq_parent.manage_delObjects([obj.getId()])
+    if obj is not None:
+        obj.aq_parent.manage_delObjects([obj.getId()])
+    else:
+        # The objects may have different parents
+        for obj in objects:
+            delete(obj=obj)
 
 
 @required_parameters('obj')
diff --git a/src/plone/api/tests/test_content.py b/src/plone/api/tests/test_content.py
index 217e5b15..13745724 100644
--- a/src/plone/api/tests/test_content.py
+++ b/src/plone/api/tests/test_content.py
@@ -582,6 +582,18 @@ def test_delete(self):
         api.content.delete(self.contact)
         assert 'contact' not in container['about'].keys()
 
+    def test_delete_multiple(self):
+        """Test deleting multiple content items."""
+
+        container = self.portal
+        api.content.copy(source=container['about'], target=container)
+        api.content.copy(source=container['about'], target=container['events'])
+
+        api.content.delete(objects=[container['copy_of_about'],
+                                    container['events']['about']])
+        assert 'copy_of_about' not in container
+        assert 'about' not in container['events']
+
     def test_get_state(self):
         """Test retrieving the workflow state of a content item."""