don't check if metadata exist (#70)

* don't check if metadata exist

* flake8

wis2box_api/plugins/process/publish_dataset.py

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
-import requests
 import time
 
 import paho.mqtt.publish as publish
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
 from wis2box_api.wis2box.env import BROKER_PORT
 from wis2box_api.wis2box.env import BROKER_USERNAME
 from wis2box_api.wis2box.env import BROKER_PASSWORD
-from wis2box_api.wis2box.env import WIS2BOX_DOCKER_API_URL
 
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -219,15 +217,6 @@ def execute(self, data):
             status = f'Error publishing on topic={topic}, error={e}'
         # sleep for a 1 second to allow the backend to process the message
         time.sleep(1)
-        metadata_id = metadata['id'] if 'id' in metadata else 'unknown'
-        # check that discovery-api/metadata/items/{metadata_id} exists
-        url = f'{WIS2BOX_DOCKER_API_URL}/collections/discovery-metadata/items/{metadata_id}?f=json' # noqa
-        response = requests.get(url)
-        # when the collection does not exists the api returns a 404
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            status = f'Status: {response.status_code}. Failed to create metadata with id={metadata_id}' # noqa
-        else:
-            status = 'success'
 
         try:
             # send a message to refresh the data mappings