adds parent_note field to PatientNotes model

care/facility/api/serializers/patient.py

@@ -501,19 +501,11 @@ class PatientNotesSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     reply_to_object = ReplyToPatientNoteSerializer(source="reply_to", read_only=True)
     files = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     replies = ReplyToPatientNoteSerializer(many=True, read_only=True)
-    parent_note_object = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    parent_note_object = ReplyToPatientNoteSerializer(
+        source="parent_note", read_only=True
+    )
     mentioned_users = UserBaseMinimumSerializer(many=True, read_only=True)
 
-    def get_parent_note_object(self, obj):
-        parent_note = obj
-        while parent_note.reply_to is not None:
-            parent_note = parent_note.reply_to
-        return (
-            ReplyToPatientNoteSerializer(parent_note).data
-            if parent_note != obj
-            else None
-        )
-
     def get_files(self, obj):
         from care.facility.api.serializers.file_upload import FileUploadListSerializer
 
@@ -560,6 +552,9 @@ def create(self, validated_data):
                 msg = "Reply to note should be in the same consultation"
                 raise serializers.ValidationError(msg)
 
+            # Set the parent_note to the parent of the reply_to_note if it exists else set it to the reply_to_note
+            validated_data["parent_note"] = reply_to_note.parent_note or reply_to_note
+
         user = self.context["request"].user
         note = validated_data.get("note")
         with transaction.atomic():

care/facility/migrations/0467_patientnotes_parent_note.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.1 on 2024-10-24 20:56
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('facility', '0466_alter_fileupload_file_type_alter_notification_event'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='patientnotes',
+            name='parent_note',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, to='facility.patientnotes'),
+        ),
+    ]

care/facility/models/patient.py

@@ -807,6 +807,12 @@ class PatientNotes(FacilityBaseModel, ConsultationRelatedPermissionMixin):
         related_name="replies",
     )
     note = models.TextField(default="", blank=True)
+    parent_note = models.ForeignKey(
+        "self",
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+    )
 
     def get_related_consultation(self):
         # This is a temporary hack! this model does not have `assigned_to` field