From bf41dfd2ed201615a34b0b260bce8ff24a1d55ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mustaaq Ahmed Khan <150926835+khanmustaaq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:03:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Disable discourse_comments_count method

The discourse_comments_count method has been disabled to always return 0 without interacting with pkg_dict or making HTTP calls.
---
 ckanext/discourse/plugin.py | 17 ++---------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ckanext/discourse/plugin.py b/ckanext/discourse/plugin.py
index cf8d97a..9935733 100644
--- a/ckanext/discourse/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/discourse/plugin.py
@@ -142,21 +142,8 @@ def discourse_comments(self, pkg_dict=None):
             return ''
 
     def discourse_comments_count(self, pkg_dict=None):
-        """Get comment count from Discourse."""
-        try:
-            pkg = pkg_dict or toolkit.g.pkg_dict
-            topic_id = pkg.get('topic_id')
-            
-            if not (self.settings and topic_id):
-                return 0
-                
-            api = DiscourseApi(self.settings)
-            count = api.get_topic_comment_count(topic_id)
-            return count
-            
-        except Exception as e:
-            log.error(f"Error getting comment count: {str(e)}")
-            return 0
+        """Disabled: always return 0; never touches g.pkg_dict or calls HTTP."""
+        return 0
     
     def discourse_is_configured(self):
         """Check if Discourse is properly configured."""