tickets module: api_v2, admin views and tests

core/core/settings.py

@@ -197,7 +197,14 @@ DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = 1024 * 1024 * 128  # 128 MB
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
-CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
+if 'test' in sys.argv:
+    CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
+        'default': {
+            'BACKEND': 'channels.layers.InMemoryChannelLayer'
+        }
+    }
+else:
+    CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
         'default': {
             'BACKEND': 'channels_redis.core.RedisChannelLayer',
             'CONFIG': {
@@ -205,6 +212,6 @@ CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
             },
         }
 
-}
+    }
 
 TEST_RUNNER = 'core.test_runner.FastTestRunner'

core/core/urls.py

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('api/2/', include('inventory.api_v2')),
     path('api/2/', include('files.api_v2')),
     path('media/2/', include('files.media_v2')),
+    path('api/2/', include('tickets.api_v2')),
+    path('api/2/', include('notify_sessions.api_v2')),
     path('api/2/', include('authentication.api_v2')),
     path('api/', get_info),
 ]

core/mail/protocol.py

@@ -1,16 +1,43 @@
 import logging
 import aiosmtplib
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from channels.layers import get_channel_layer
+
+from mail.models import Email, EventAddress
+from notify_sessions.models import SystemEvent
+from tickets.models import IssueThread, StateChange
 
 
-def make_reply(message, to, subject):
+def collect_references(issue_thread):
+    mails = issue_thread.emails.order_by('timestamp')
+    references = []
+    for mail in mails:
+        if mail.reference:
+            references.append(mail.reference)
+    return references
+
+
+def make_reply(reply_email, references=None, event=None, issue_thread=None):
     from email.message import EmailMessage
     from core.settings import MAIL_DOMAIN
-
+    event = event or "noreply"
     reply = EmailMessage()
-    reply["From"] = "noreply@" + MAIL_DOMAIN
-    reply["To"] = to
-    reply["Subject"] = subject
-    reply.set_content(message)
+    reply["From"] = reply_email.sender
+    reply["To"] = reply_email.recipient
+    reply["Subject"] = reply_email.subject
+    reply["Reply-To"] = f"{event}+{issue_thread}@{MAIL_DOMAIN}"
+    if reply_email.in_reply_to:
+        reply["In-Reply-To"] = reply_email.in_reply_to
+    if reply_email.reference:
+        reply["Message-ID"] = reply_email.reference
+    else:
+        reply["Message-ID"] = reply_email.id + "@" + MAIL_DOMAIN
+        reply_email.reference = reply["Message-ID"]
+        reply_email.save()
+    if references:
+        reply["References"] = " ".join(references)
+
+    reply.set_content(reply_email.body)
 
     return reply
 
@@ -20,6 +47,15 @@ async def send_smtp(message, log):
     await aiosmtplib.send(message, hostname="127.0.0.1", port=25, use_tls=False, start_tls=False)
 
 
+def find_active_issue_thread(in_reply_to, subject=None):
+    reply_to = Email.objects.filter(reference=in_reply_to)
+    if reply_to.exists():
+        return reply_to.first().issue_thread, False
+    else:
+        issue = IssueThread.objects.create(name=subject)
+        return issue, True
+
+
 class LMTPHandler:
     async def handle_RCPT(self, server, session, envelope, address, rcpt_options):
         from core.settings import MAIL_DOMAIN
@@ -31,6 +67,7 @@ class LMTPHandler:
     async def handle_DATA(self, server, session, envelope):
         import email
         log = logging.getLogger('mail.log')
+        log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         log.info('Message from %s' % envelope.mail_from)
         log.info('Message for %s' % envelope.rcpt_tos)
         log.info('Message data:\n')
@@ -54,15 +91,63 @@ class LMTPHandler:
 
             header_from = parsed.get('From')
             header_to = parsed.get('To')
+            header_in_reply_to = parsed.get('In-Reply-To')
+            header_message_id = parsed.get('Message-ID')
 
             if header_from != envelope.mail_from:
                 log.warning("Header from does not match envelope from")
+                log.info(f"Header from: {header_from}, envelope from: {envelope.mail_from}")
 
             if header_to != envelope.rcpt_tos[0]:
                 log.warning("Header to does not match envelope to")
+                log.info(f"Header to: {header_to}, envelope to: {envelope.rcpt_tos[0]}")
+
+            recipient = envelope.rcpt_tos[0]
+            sender = envelope.mail_from
+            subject = parsed.get('Subject')
+            target_event = None
+            try:
+                address_map = await sync_to_async(EventAddress.objects.get)(address=recipient)
+                if address_map.event:
+                    target_event = address_map.event
+            except EventAddress.DoesNotExist:
+                pass
+
+            active_issue_thread, new = await sync_to_async(find_active_issue_thread)(header_in_reply_to, subject)
+
+            email = await sync_to_async(Email.objects.create)(sender=sender,
+                                                              recipient=recipient,
+                                                              body=body.decode('utf-8'),
+                                                              subject=subject,
+                                                              reference=header_message_id,
+                                                              in_reply_to=header_in_reply_to,
+                                                              raw=envelope.content.decode('utf-8'),
+                                                              event=target_event,
+                                                              issue_thread=active_issue_thread)
+            log.info(f"Created email {email.id}")
+            systemevent = await sync_to_async(SystemEvent.objects.create)(type='email received', reference=email.id)
+            log.info(f"Created system event {systemevent.id}")
+            channel_layer = get_channel_layer()
+            await channel_layer.group_send(
+                'general', {"type": "generic.event", "name": "send_message_to_frontend", "event_id": systemevent.id,
+                            "message": "email received"}
+            )
+            log.info(f"Sent message to frontend")
+            if new:
+                await sync_to_async(StateChange.objects.create)(issue_thread=active_issue_thread, state='new')
+
+                references = await sync_to_async(collect_references)(active_issue_thread)
+
+                reply_email = await sync_to_async(Email.objects.create)(sender=recipient,  # "noreply@" + MAIL_DOMAIN,
+                                                                        recipient=sender,
+                                                                        body="Thank you for your message.",
+                                                                        subject="Message received",
+                                                                        in_reply_to=header_message_id,
+                                                                        event=target_event,
+                                                                        issue_thread=active_issue_thread)
+                await send_smtp(make_reply(reply_email, references), log)
+                log.info("Sent auto reply")
 
-            await send_smtp(make_reply("Thank you for your message.", envelope.mail_from, 'Message received'), log)
-            log.info("Sent reply")
             return '250 Message accepted for delivery'
         except Exception as e:
             log.error(e)

core/notify_sessions/admin.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from notify_sessions.models import SystemEvent
+
+
+class SystemEventAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
+
+
+admin.site.register(SystemEvent, SystemEventAdmin)

core/notify_sessions/api_v2.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from rest_framework import routers, viewsets, serializers
+
+from tickets.models import IssueThread
+from notify_sessions.models import SystemEvent
+
+
+class SystemEventSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = SystemEvent
+        fields = '__all__'
+
+
+class SystemEventViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
+    serializer_class = SystemEventSerializer
+    queryset = SystemEvent.objects.all()
+
+
+router = routers.SimpleRouter()
+router.register(r'systemevents', SystemEventViewSet, basename='systemevents')
+
+urlpatterns = router.urls

core/notify_sessions/consumers.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from json import loads as json_loads
 from json import dumps as json_dumps
@@ -6,18 +7,16 @@ from channels.generic.websocket import AsyncWebsocketConsumer
 
 
 class NotifyConsumer(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(args, kwargs)
+        self.log = logging.getLogger("server.log")
         self.room_group_name = "general"
-        # self.event_slug = None
 
     async def connect(self):
-        # self.event_slug = self.scope["url_route"]["kwargs"]["event_slug"]
-        # self.room_group_name = f"chat_{self.event_slug}"
-
         # Join room group
         await self.channel_layer.group_add(self.room_group_name, self.channel_name)
-
+        self.log.info(f"Added {self.channel_name} channel to {self.room_group_name} group")
         await self.accept()
 
     async def disconnect(self, close_code):
@@ -25,26 +24,34 @@ class NotifyConsumer(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
         await self.channel_layer.group_discard(self.room_group_name, self.channel_name)
 
     # Receive message from WebSocket
-    async def receive(self, text_data):
+    async def receive(self, text_data=None, bytes_data=None):
+        self.log.info(f"Received message: {text_data}")
         try:
             text_data_json = json_loads(text_data)
             message = text_data_json["message"]
 
             # Send message to room group
             await self.channel_layer.group_send(
-                self.room_group_name, {"type": "chat.message", "message": message}
+                self.room_group_name,
+                {"type": "generic.event", "message": message, "name": "send_message_to_frontend", "event_id": 1}
             )
-        except JSONDecodeError:
+        except JSONDecodeError as e:
             await self.send(text_data=json_dumps({"message": "error", "error": "malformed json"}))
+            self.log.error(e)
         except KeyError as e:
             await self.send(text_data=json_dumps({"message": "error", "error": f"missing key: {str(e)}"}))
+            self.log.error(e)
         except Exception as e:
             await self.send(text_data=json_dumps({"message": "error", "error": "unknown error"}))
+            self.log.error(e)
             raise e
 
     # Receive message from room group
-    async def chat_message(self, event):
+    async def generic_event(self, event):
+        self.log.info(f"Received event: {event}")
         message = event["message"]
+        name = event["name"]
+        event_id = event["event_id"]
 
         # Send message to WebSocket
-        await self.send(text_data=json_dumps({"message": message}))
+        await self.send(text_data=json_dumps({"message": message, "name": name, "event_id": event_id}))

core/notify_sessions/migrations/0001_initial.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.7 on 2023-12-09 02:13
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='SystemEvent',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(primary_key=True, serialize=False)),
+                ('timestamp', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('type', models.CharField(choices=[('ticket_created', 'ticket_created'), ('ticket_updated', 'ticket_updated'), ('ticket_deleted', 'ticket_deleted'), ('item_created', 'item_created'), ('item_updated', 'item_updated'), ('item_deleted', 'item_deleted'), ('user_created', 'user_created'), ('event_created', 'event_created'), ('event_updated', 'event_updated'), ('event_deleted', 'event_deleted')], max_length=255)),
+                ('reference', models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ('user', models.ForeignKey(null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]

core/notify_sessions/models.py

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import logging
+
+from django.db import models
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from channels.layers import get_channel_layer
+
+from authentication.models import ExtendedUser
+
+
+class SystemEvent(models.Model):
+    TYPE_CHOICES = [('ticket_created', 'ticket_created'),
+                    ('ticket_updated', 'ticket_updated'),
+                    ('ticket_deleted', 'ticket_deleted'),
+                    ('item_created', 'item_created'),
+                    ('item_updated', 'item_updated'),
+                    ('item_deleted', 'item_deleted'),
+                    ('user_created', 'user_created'),
+                    ('event_created', 'event_created'),
+                    ('event_updated', 'event_updated'),
+                    ('event_deleted', 'event_deleted'), ]
+    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
+    timestamp = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    user = models.ForeignKey(ExtendedUser, models.SET_NULL, null=True)
+    type = models.CharField(max_length=255, choices=TYPE_CHOICES)
+    reference = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
+
+
+async def trigger_event(user, type, reference=None):
+    log = logging.getLogger('server.log')
+    log.info(f"Triggering event {type} for user {user} with reference {reference}")
+    try:
+        event = await sync_to_async(SystemEvent.objects.create, thread_sensitive=True)(user=user, type=type,
+                                                                                       reference=reference)
+        channel_layer = get_channel_layer()
+        await channel_layer.group_send(
+            'general',
+            {
+                'type': 'generic.event',
+                'name': 'send_message_to_frontend',
+                'message': "event_trigered_from_views",
+                'event_id': event.id,
+            }
+        )
+        log.info(f"SystemEvent {event.id} triggered")
+        return event
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(e)
+        raise e

core/notify_sessions/tests/test_notify_socket.py

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+from channels.testing import WebsocketCommunicator
+
+from notify_sessions.consumers import NotifyConsumer
+from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
+
+
+class NotifyWebsocketTestCase(TestCase):
+
+    async def test_connect(self):
+        communicator = WebsocketCommunicator(NotifyConsumer.as_asgi(), "/ws/2/notify/")
+        connected, subprotocol = await communicator.connect()
+        self.assertTrue(connected)
+        await communicator.disconnect()
+
+    async def fut_send_message(self):
+        communicator = WebsocketCommunicator(NotifyConsumer.as_asgi(), "/ws/2/notify/")
+        connected, subprotocol = await communicator.connect()
+        self.assertTrue(connected)
+        await communicator.send_json_to({
+            "name": "foo",
+            "message": "bar",
+        })
+        response = await communicator.receive_json_from()
+        await communicator.disconnect()
+        return response
+
+    def test_send_message(self):
+        response = async_to_sync(self.fut_send_message)()
+        self.assertEqual(response["message"], "bar")
+        self.assertEqual(response["event_id"], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(response["name"], "send_message_to_frontend")
+        # events = SystemEvent.objects.all()
+        # self.assertEqual(len(events), 1)
+        # event = events[0]
+        # self.assertEqual(event.event_id, 1)
+        # self.assertEqual(event.name, "send_message_to_frontend")
+        # self.assertEqual(event.message, "bar")
+
+    async def fut_send_and_receive_message(self):
+        communicator1 = WebsocketCommunicator(NotifyConsumer.as_asgi(), "/ws/2/notify/")
+        communicator2 = WebsocketCommunicator(NotifyConsumer.as_asgi(), "/ws/2/notify/")
+        connected1, subprotocol1 = await communicator1.connect()
+        connected2, subprotocol2 = await communicator2.connect()
+        self.assertTrue(connected1)
+        self.assertTrue(connected2)
+        await communicator1.send_json_to({
+            "name": "foo",
+            "message": "bar",
+        })
+        response = await communicator2.receive_json_from()
+        await communicator1.disconnect()
+        await communicator2.disconnect()
+        return response
+
+    def test_send_and_receive_message(self):
+        response = async_to_sync(self.fut_send_and_receive_message)()
+        self.assertEqual(response["message"], "bar")
+        self.assertEqual(response["event_id"], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(response["name"], "send_message_to_frontend")
+        # events = SystemEvent.objects.all()
+        # self.assertEqual(len(events), 1)
+        # event = events[0]
+        # self.assertEqual(event.event_id, 1)
+        # self.assertEqual(event.name, "send_message_to_frontend")
+        # self.assertEqual(event.message, "bar")

core/tickets/admin.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from tickets.models import IssueThread, Comment, StateChange
+
+
+class IssueThreadAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
+
+
+class CommentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
+
+
+class StateChangeAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
+
+
+admin.site.register(IssueThread, IssueThreadAdmin)
+admin.site.register(Comment, CommentAdmin)
+admin.site.register(StateChange, StateChangeAdmin)

core/tickets/api_v2.py

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import logging
+
+from django.urls import re_path
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import permission_required
+from rest_framework import routers, viewsets, serializers, status
+from rest_framework.decorators import api_view, permission_classes
+from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
+from channels.layers import get_channel_layer
+
+from core.settings import MAIL_DOMAIN
+from mail.models import Email
+from mail.protocol import send_smtp, make_reply, collect_references
+from notify_sessions.models import SystemEvent
+from tickets.models import IssueThread
+
+
+class IssueSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    timeline = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = IssueThread
+        fields = ('id', 'timeline', 'name', 'state', 'assigned_to', 'last_activity')
+        read_only_fields = ('id', 'timeline', 'last_activity')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_timeline(obj):
+        timeline = []
+        for comment in obj.comments.all():
+            timeline.append({
+                'type': 'comment',
+                'id': comment.id,
+                'timestamp': comment.timestamp,
+                'comment': comment.comment,
+            })
+        for state_change in obj.state_changes.all():
+            timeline.append({
+                'type': 'state',
+                'id': state_change.id,
+                'timestamp': state_change.timestamp,
+                'state': state_change.state,
+            })
+        for email in obj.emails.all():
+            timeline.append({
+                'type': 'mail',
+                'id': email.id,
+                'timestamp': email.timestamp,
+                'sender': email.sender,
+                'recipient': email.recipient,
+                'subject': email.subject,
+                'body': email.body,
+            })
+        return sorted(timeline, key=lambda x: x['timestamp'])
+
+
+class IssueViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
+    serializer_class = IssueSerializer
+    queryset = IssueThread.objects.all()
+
+
+@api_view(['POST'])
+@permission_classes([IsAuthenticated])
+@permission_required('tickets.add_issuethread', raise_exception=True)
+def reply(request, pk):
+    issue = IssueThread.objects.get(pk=pk)
+    # email = issue.reply(request.data['body']) # TODO evaluate if this is a useful abstraction
+    references = collect_references(issue)
+    most_recent = Email.objects.filter(issue_thread=issue, recipient__endswith='@' + MAIL_DOMAIN).order_by(
+        '-timestamp').first()
+    mail = Email.objects.create(
+        issue_thread=issue,
+        sender=most_recent.recipient,
+        recipient=most_recent.sender,
+        subject=f'Re: {most_recent.subject}',
+        body=request.data['message'],
+        in_reply_to=most_recent.reference,
+    )
+    log = logging.getLogger('mail.log')
+    async_to_sync(send_smtp)(make_reply(mail, references), log)
+
+    return Response({'status': 'ok'}, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+
+
+@api_view(['POST'])
+@permission_classes([IsAuthenticated])
+@permission_required('tickets.add_issuethread_manual', raise_exception=True)
+def manual_ticket(request):
+    if 'name' not in request.data:
+        return Response({'status': 'error', 'message': 'missing name'}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+    if 'sender' not in request.data:
+        return Response({'status': 'error', 'message': 'missing sender'}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+    if 'recipient' not in request.data:
+        return Response({'status': 'error', 'message': 'missing recipient'}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+    if 'body' not in request.data:
+        return Response({'status': 'error', 'message': 'missing body'}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+    issue = IssueThread.objects.create(
+        name=request.data['name'],
+        manually_created=True,
+    )
+    email = Email.objects.create(
+        issue_thread=issue,
+        sender=request.data['sender'],
+        recipient=request.data['recipient'],
+        subject=request.data['name'],
+        body=request.data['body'],
+    )
+    systemevent = SystemEvent.objects.create(type='email received', reference=email.id)
+    channel_layer = get_channel_layer()
+    async_to_sync(channel_layer.group_send)(
+        'general', {"type": "generic.event", "name": "send_message_to_frontend", "event_id": systemevent.id,
+                    "message": "email received"}
+    )
+
+    return Response(IssueSerializer(issue).data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+
+
+router = routers.SimpleRouter()
+router.register(r'tickets', IssueViewSet, basename='issues')
+
+urlpatterns = ([
+                   re_path(r'^tickets/(?P<pk>\d+)/reply/$', reply, name='reply'),
+                   re_path(r'^tickets/manual/$', manual_ticket, name='manual_ticket'),
+               ] + router.urls)

core/tickets/tests/v2/test_tickets.py

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+from django.test import TestCase, Client
+
+from authentication.models import ExtendedUser
+from mail.models import Email
+from tickets.models import IssueThread, StateChange, Comment
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
+from knox.models import AuthToken
+
+
+class IssueApiTest(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.user = ExtendedUser.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test', 'test')
+        self.user.user_permissions.add(*Permission.objects.all())
+        self.user.save()
+        self.token = AuthToken.objects.create(user=self.user)
+        self.client = Client(headers={'Authorization': 'Token ' + self.token[1]})
+
+    def test_issues_empty(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/api/2/tickets/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json(), [])
+
+    def test_issues(self):
+        now = datetime.now()
+        issue = IssueThread.objects.create(
+            name="test issue",
+        )
+        mail1 = Email.objects.create(
+            subject='test',
+            body='test',
+            sender='test',
+            recipient='test',
+            issue_thread=issue,
+            timestamp=now,
+        )
+        state = StateChange.objects.create(
+            issue_thread=issue,
+            state="new",
+            timestamp=now + timedelta(seconds=1),
+        )
+        mail2 = Email.objects.create(
+            subject='test',
+            body='test',
+            sender='test',
+            recipient='test',
+            issue_thread=issue,
+            in_reply_to=mail1.reference,
+            timestamp=now + timedelta(seconds=2),
+        )
+        comment = Comment.objects.create(
+            issue_thread=issue,
+            comment="test",
+            timestamp=now + timedelta(seconds=3),
+        )
+
+        response = self.client.get('/api/2/tickets/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.json()), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['id'], issue.id)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['name'], "test issue")
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['state'], "new")
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['assigned_to'], None)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['last_activity'], issue.last_activity.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'))
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.json()[0]['timeline']), 4)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][0]['type'], 'mail')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][1]['type'], 'state')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][2]['type'], 'mail')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][3]['type'], 'comment')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][0]['id'], mail1.id)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][1]['id'], state.id)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][2]['id'], mail2.id)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][3]['id'], comment.id)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][0]['sender'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][0]['recipient'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][0]['subject'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][0]['body'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][0]['timestamp'],
+                         mail1.timestamp.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'))
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][1]['state'], 'new')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][1]['timestamp'],
+                         state.timestamp.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'))
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][2]['sender'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][2]['recipient'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][2]['subject'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][2]['body'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][2]['timestamp'],
+                         mail2.timestamp.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'))
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][3]['comment'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()[0]['timeline'][3]['timestamp'],
+                         comment.timestamp.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'))
+
+    def test_manual_creation(self):
+        response = self.client.post('/api/2/tickets/manual/', {'name': 'test issue', 'sender': 'test',
+                                                               'recipient': 'test', 'body': 'test'})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()['state'], 'new')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()['name'], 'test issue')
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()['assigned_to'], None)
+        timeline = response.json()['timeline']
+        self.assertEqual(len(timeline), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(timeline[0]['type'], 'mail')
+        self.assertEqual(timeline[0]['sender'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(timeline[0]['recipient'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(timeline[0]['subject'], 'test issue')
+        self.assertEqual(timeline[0]['body'], 'test')
+