Code reviewMediumcr-g209

Subject Lost updateLevel Mid–Senior~20 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Python (Django) view that increments an article's view counter and updates last-seen.

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Code to reviewpython

1def record_view(request, article_id):2    article = Article.objects.get(pk=article_id)3    if article.status != "published":4        return HttpResponse(status=404)5    article.views = article.views + 16    article.last_viewed = timezone.now()7    article.save()8    log_view(request.user, article)9    return HttpResponse(status=204)

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