add multi stuff POST endpoint

the_app/api/stuff.py

@@ -1,25 +1,31 @@
 from typing import List
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, status
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
+from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from the_app.database import get_db
 from the_app.models.stuff import Stuff
 from the_app.schemas.stuff import StuffResponse, StuffSchema
+from the_app.utils import get_logger
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/v1/stuff")
 
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
 
 @router.post("/add_many", status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
 async def create_multi_stuff(payload: List[StuffSchema], db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
-    stuff_instances = [
-        Stuff(
-            name=stuf.name, description=stuf.description
-        )
-        for stuf in payload
-    ]
-    db_session.add_all(stuff_instances)
-    await db_session.commit()
-    return True
+    try:
+        stuff_instances = [Stuff(name=stuf.name, description=stuf.description) for stuf in payload]
+        db_session.add_all(stuff_instances)
+        await db_session.commit()
+    except SQLAlchemyError as ex:
+        # logger.exception(ex)
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, detail=repr(ex))
+    else:
+        logger.info(f"{len(stuff_instances)} instances of Stuff inserted into database.")
+        return True
 
 
 @router.post("", status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, response_model=StuffResponse)