fix: enable targeted notifications for auto-created bounties

[jeevan6996]

Summary

Wires targeted bounty notifications into the /api/bounty/ create path so bounties created through the generic bounty endpoint can notify qualified users when target_hub_ids are provided.

Closes ResearchHub/issues#260

What changed

• BountyViewSet.create now accepts target_hub_ids from request data
• uses existing find_qualified_users_and_notify task/pipeline after bounty creation
• mirrors the behavior already present in create_comment_with_bounty
• adds test coverage for notification creation when targeted hubs are passed

Files

• src/reputation/views/bounty_view.py
• src/reputation/tests/test_bounties.py

Checks run

• python3 -m py_compile reputation/views/bounty_view.py reputation/tests/test_bounties.py

Checks attempted but blocked by environment

• python3 manage.py test reputation.tests.test_bounties.BountyViewTests.test_user_can_create_bounty_with_targeted_notifications --keepdb
  • blocked: Django dependencies are not installed in this environment (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django')

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Note

Medium Risk
Changes the bounty creation request handling and introduces conditional synchronous/asynchronous notification dispatch, which could affect API behavior and notification volume if misconfigured.

Overview
POST /api/bounty/ now accepts target_hub_ids and, after creating the bounty, triggers the existing find_qualified_users_and_notify pipeline to send BOUNTY_FOR_YOU notifications to qualified users (excluding the creator). In TESTING it runs inline; otherwise it dispatches the Celery task asynchronously.

Adds test coverage to verify notifications are created when target_hub_ids are provided and that no targeted notifications are sent when they’re omitted.

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[jeevan6996]

Implemented the requested behavior change and pushed updates. Notifications are now sent only when target_hub_ids are provided (if target_hubs guard), and I added a regression test to assert no BOUNTY_FOR_YOU notification is created when target_hub_ids is omitted.