library-db/app.py

#  THE LIBRARY #


from itertools import groupby  # to handle complex iterations
import os

import sqlite3
from flask import Flask, render_template, url_for, request, redirect


# ----- functions ----- #

def get_db_connection():
    conn = sqlite3.connect('library.db')
    conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
    return conn
# Added row_factory attribute to the sqlite connection, in this way you can have name-based access to columns; this means that the database connection will return rows that behave like regular Python dictionaries.


# ----- FLASK ----- #

class PrefixMiddleware(object):
    def __init__(self, app, prefix=""):
        self.app = app
        self.prefix = prefix

    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):

        if environ["PATH_INFO"].startswith(self.prefix):
            environ["PATH_INFO"] = environ["PATH_INFO"][len(self.prefix):]
            environ["SCRIPT_NAME"] = self.prefix
            return self.app(environ, start_response)
        else:
            start_response("404", [("Content-Type", "text/plain")])
            return ["This url does not belong to the app.".encode()]


app = Flask(__name__)

# register the middleware to prefix all the requests with our base_url
app.wsgi_app = PrefixMiddleware(app.wsgi_app, prefix='/soupboat/library')


@app.route("/")
def home():
    conn = get_db_connection()
    todos = conn.execute('SELECT c.content, cat.title FROM cards c JOIN categories cat \
                          ON c.category_id = cat.id ORDER BY cat.title').fetchall()

    categories = {}

    # for each category and group of cards for each cat in groupby() grouper object
    for k, g in groupby(todos, key=lambda t: t['title']):
        categories[k] = list(g)
        print(categories[k])
    for cat, cards in categories.items():  # ♥ .items is a build in attribute of the dictionary(?)
        print(cat)
        for card in cards:
            print('    ', card['content'])

    # if request.method == 'POST':
    #     title = request.form.get('title')
    #     author = request.form.get('author')
    #     description = request.form.get('description')
    #     add_book(author, title, description)
    #     return redirect(url_for('home'))

    return render_template('home.html', categories=categories)


# @app.route("/add", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
# def create():
#     # the goal here is to choose from a list of parameters what you want to add
#     # 1- ogni blocco del form dovrebbe essere una tabella a parte
#     if request.method == 'POST':
#         title = request.form.get('title')
#         author = request.form.get('author')
#         description = request.form.get('description')
#         add_book(author, title, description)
# #         if author:
# #             return url_for('add_new_author')

#         return redirect(url_for('home'))
#     return render_template('add_new.html')


# app.run(port=3148)


# TODO:
# - list the cards
# - put its category inside