discourse/app/services/badge_granter.rb

class BadgeGranter

  def initialize(badge, user, opts={})
    @badge, @user, @opts = badge, user, opts
    @granted_by = opts[:granted_by] || Discourse.system_user
  end

  def self.grant(badge, user, opts={})
    BadgeGranter.new(badge, user, opts).grant
  end

  def grant
    return if @granted_by and !Guardian.new(@granted_by).can_grant_badges?(@user)

    user_badge = UserBadge.find_by(badge_id: @badge.id, user_id: @user.id)

    if user_badge.nil? || @badge.multiple_grant?
      UserBadge.transaction do
        user_badge = UserBadge.create!(badge: @badge, user: @user,
                                       granted_by: @granted_by, granted_at: Time.now)

        if @granted_by != Discourse.system_user
          StaffActionLogger.new(@granted_by).log_badge_grant(user_badge)
        end

        if SiteSetting.enable_badges?
          notification = @user.notifications.create(notification_type: Notification.types[:granted_badge], data: { badge_id: @badge.id, badge_name: @badge.name }.to_json)
          user_badge.update_attributes notification_id: notification.id
        end
      end
    end

    user_badge
  end

  def self.revoke(user_badge, options={})
    UserBadge.transaction do
      user_badge.destroy!
      if options[:revoked_by]
        StaffActionLogger.new(options[:revoked_by]).log_badge_revoke(user_badge)
      end

      # If the user's title is the same as the badge name, remove their title.
      if user_badge.user.title == user_badge.badge.name
        user_badge.user.title = nil
        user_badge.user.save!
      end
    end
  end

  def self.update_badges(args)
    Jobs.enqueue(:update_badges, args)
  end

end