Add auto-approval for moderator submissions and update submission handling

companies/views.py

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class ManufacturerDetailView(SlugRedirectMixin, EditSubmissionMixin, PhotoSubmis
 
 
 def _handle_submission(
-    request: Any, form: Any, model: ModelType, success_url: str
+    request: Any, form: Any, model: ModelType, success_url: str = ""
 ) -> HttpResponseRedirect:
     """Helper method to handle form submissions"""
     cleaned_data = form.cleaned_data.copy()
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ def _handle_submission(
         user=request.user,
         content_type=ContentType.objects.get_for_model(model),
         submission_type="CREATE",
+        status="NEW",
         changes=cleaned_data,
         reason=request.POST.get("reason", ""),
         source=request.POST.get("source", ""),
@@ -229,6 +230,12 @@ def _handle_submission(
         submission.status = "APPROVED"
         submission.handled_by = request.user
         submission.save()
+        
+        # Generate success URL if not provided
+        if not success_url:
+            success_url = reverse(
+                f"companies:{model.__name__.lower()}_detail", kwargs={"slug": obj.slug}
+            )
         messages.success(request, f'Successfully created {getattr(obj, "name", "")}')
         return HttpResponseRedirect(success_url)
 
@@ -244,10 +251,7 @@ class CompanyCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, CreateView):
     object: Optional[Company]
 
     def form_valid(self, form: CompanyForm) -> HttpResponseRedirect:
-        success_url = reverse(
-            "companies:company_detail", kwargs={"slug": form.instance.slug}
-        )
-        return _handle_submission(self.request, form, self.model, success_url)
+        return _handle_submission(self.request, form, self.model, "")
 
     def get_success_url(self) -> str:
         if self.object is None:
@@ -262,10 +266,7 @@ class ManufacturerCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, CreateView):
     object: Optional[Manufacturer]
 
     def form_valid(self, form: ManufacturerForm) -> HttpResponseRedirect:
-        success_url = reverse(
-            "companies:manufacturer_detail", kwargs={"slug": form.instance.slug}
-        )
-        return _handle_submission(self.request, form, self.model, success_url)
+        return _handle_submission(self.request, form, self.model, "")
 
     def get_success_url(self) -> str:
         if self.object is None:

moderation/models.py

@@ -277,6 +277,16 @@ class PhotoSubmission(models.Model):
         self.handled_at = timezone.now()
         self.notes = notes
         self.save()
+        
+    def auto_approve(self) -> None:
+        """Auto-approve submissions from moderators"""
+        # Get user role safely
+        user_role = getattr(self.user, "role", None)
+        
+        # If user is moderator or above, auto-approve
+        if user_role in ["MODERATOR", "ADMIN", "SUPERUSER"]:
+            self.approve(self.user)
+
 
     def escalate(self, moderator: UserType, notes: str = "") -> None:
         """Escalate the photo submission to admin"""

requirements.txt

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ django-webpack-loader==3.1.1
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 Pillow==11.1.0  # For image handling
 django-cleanup==9.0.0  # Automatically delete files
+piexif==1.1.3  # For image EXIF metadata handling
 django-filter==24.3
 django-htmx==1.21.0
 whitenoise==6.8.2  # Static file serving