How to add/remove bids programmatically

Bids are represented by Edges where the head is the Note id of the submission and the tail is the Profile id of the user that is doing the bid. Bids have an optional property label and in this case it is being used to represent the type of bid, for example: "Very High", "High", "Neutral", "Low" and "Very Low".

Members of the official committee usually use the "Bidding Console" to create and edit these bids. However, bids can also be updated programmatically.

Editing bids:

Every time you update a bid you need to set the signatures. The signatures must be a group id where you have signatory permissions. The bid Invitation specifies that the signature must be either a profile id or the venue id. In the example below, the signature is "ICML.cc/2023/Conference":

edge = client.get_edge(bid_id)
edge.label = 'Very High'
edge.signatures = ["ICML.cc/2023/Conference"]
edge.nonreaders = None
client.post_edge(edge)

Removing bids:

To remove bids, you need to a the ddate value using a timestamp in milliseconds. This change will perform a soft delete which means that this bid can be restored.

edge = client.get_edge(bid_id)
edge.ddate = 1664467200000
edge.signatures = ["ICML.cc/2023/Conference"]
edge.nonreaders = None
client.post_edge(edge)

Restoring bids:

To restore bids, you need to get the deleted bid and remove the ddate value. This is achieved by passing an object { delete: true } in case you are using API V2. Be aware that the invitation must allow a this operation by passing an object with "deletable: true", otherwise, this action cannot be performed.

edge = client.get_edge(bid_id)
edge.ddate = { 'delete': True }
edge.signatures = ["ICML.cc/2023/Conference"]
edge.nonreaders = None
client.post_edge(edge)

If you are using API V1, then you need to pass the value None instead.

edge = client.get_edge(bid_id)
edge.ddate = None
edge.signatures = ["ICML.cc/2023/Conference"]
edge.nonreaders = None
client.post_edge(edge)