Feat/rapid use global audience example

[LinoGiger]

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[claude]

Pull Request Review: Feat/RAPID-use-global-audience-example

Summary

This PR updates documentation and code to promote using the global audience as the default quickstart path, while moving custom audience creation to an upgrade section. The code changes improve the RapidataJob constructor to accept more parameters upfront rather than lazily loading them.

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Code Quality and Best Practices

Strengths

1. Improved constructor design - RapidataJob now accepts audience_id, created_at, and definition_id as required parameters, reducing lazy loading
2. Consistent parameter passing across all three instantiation points
3. Better URL construction with audience ID in the path
4. Cleaner property handling by removing unnecessary lazy-loading properties

Areas for Improvement

1. datetime import placement (rapidata_audience.py:131)
The assign_job method imports datetime inside the method. This should be moved to the top of the file with other standard library imports for consistency with rapidata_job.py:6.

2. Potential data inconsistency with created_at (rapidata_audience.py:144)
Using datetime.now() creates client-side timestamps which could lead to timezone inconsistencies and clock skew. If the job_post API response includes a created_at field, use that instead.

3. pipeline_id handling is inconsistent
The pipeline_id remains lazy-loaded while other fields are now eager. Consider documenting why this needs special treatment.

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Potential Bugs

Issue 1: created_at timestamp source
Check if the API response from job_post includes created_at. If it does, use response.created_at instead of datetime.now().

Issue 2: URL construction (rapidata_job.py:63)
The job details URL doesn't URL-encode the IDs. Special characters in audience_id could break the URL. Since urllib.parse is already imported at line 4, consider using urllib.parse.quote().

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Performance Considerations

Positive impact:

• Eliminated 3 potential lazy-loading API calls per job instance
• Better for batch operations - avoids N+1 query problems in find_jobs

Minor optimization:
The completed_at property still uses lazy loading. Consider adding it as an optional constructor parameter if available in API responses.

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Security Concerns

No critical security issues. Minor consideration: datetime.now() lacks timezone awareness. Consider using datetime.now(timezone.utc) for consistency.

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Test Coverage

Missing test updates:
The PR changes RapidataJob constructor signature but doesn't include test updates. This could cause test failures.

Recommendations:

1. Update existing tests that instantiate RapidataJob directly
2. Add tests for new constructor parameters
3. Test job details URL format
4. Test assign_job method properties

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Documentation Changes

Excellent improvements:

1. Clear progression: global audience to custom audience
2. Reduced friction for new users
3. Better structure with Upgrading to Custom Audience section
4. Consistent examples throughout

Suggestions:

1. Add note about global vs custom audience tradeoffs (speed vs quality)
2. Mention when results might be lower quality with global audience
3. Example of checking audience availability

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Recommendations Summary

Must Fix:

1. Verify test coverage and update tests for new constructor signature
2. Confirm created_at should come from API response not datetime.now()

Should Fix:

1. Move datetime import to top of rapidata_audience.py
2. URL-encode IDs in job details URL construction
3. Add timezone awareness to datetime handling

Nice to Have:

1. Document pipeline_id lazy-loading reasoning
2. Consider completed_at as optional constructor parameter
3. Add global vs custom audience tradeoff documentation

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Overall Assessment

Rating: Approve with Minor Changes

Well-executed PR improving both UX through documentation and code quality through better constructor design. Main concerns are potential test failures and created_at timestamp source verification. Documentation changes are excellent and will significantly improve onboarding.

Great work on improving the SDK!