Change content.delete to allow obj=None and objects=[] or objects=None.

CHANGES.rst

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ New features:
 
 Bug fixes:
 
+- Change content.delete to allow both obj=None and objects=[] or objects=None. Fixes #383
+  [jaroel]
+
 - Let ``zope.i18n`` do the language negotiation for our ``translate`` function.
   Our ``get_current_translation`` does not always give the correct one, especially with combined languages:
   ``nl-be`` (Belgian/Flemish) should fall back to ``nl`` (Dutch).

src/plone/api/content.py

@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ def move(source=None, target=None, id=None, safe_id=False):
 
     # If no target is given the object is probably renamed
     if target and source.aq_parent is not target:
-            target.manage_pasteObjects(
-                source.aq_parent.manage_cutObjects(source_id),
-            )
+        target.manage_pasteObjects(
+            source.aq_parent.manage_cutObjects(source_id),
+        )
     else:
         target = source.aq_parent
 
@@ -296,7 +296,11 @@ def delete(obj=None, objects=None, check_linkintegrity=True):
 
     :Example: :ref:`content_delete_example`
     """
-    objects = objects or [obj]
+    objects = [obj] if obj else objects
+
+    # Return early if we have no objects to delete.
+    if not objects:
+        return
 
     if check_linkintegrity and NEW_LINKINTEGRITY:
         site = portal.get()

src/plone/api/tests/test_content.py

@@ -732,6 +732,10 @@ def test_delete_multiple(self):
         self.assertNotIn('copy_of_about', container)
         self.assertNotIn('about', container['events'])
 
+    def test_delete_no_objs(self):
+        # Check that we allow passing in an empty list of objects.
+        api.content.delete(obj=None, objects=[])
+
     def test_delete_ignore_linkintegrity(self):
         """Test deleting a content item with a link pointed at it."""
         self._set_text(self.team, '<a href="contact">contact</a>')