def check_post_table(self, thread_id):
"""
Checks the table for a post
:param thread_id: thread id (e.g. 'cghs2')
:return: db ID or None
"""
# print("Searching db for " + thread_id)
a = check_post_table(self.Session, thread_id)
def grab_data(self, thread_id):
"""
Gets posts, inserts/updates the database, inserts history entry
:return: nothing
"""
# threads = ['42e77i']
# init skip variable, should be false by default
skip = False
# empty tblHistory dict
history = dict()
# get created datetime for tblHistory
history['created'] = datetime.utcnow()
# make sure oauth tokens are good, since grabbing threads can take a while
self.o.refresh()
# get post data from reddit
retdata = get_post_data(self.r, thread_id)
# get post data from database
# dbdata = get_post_data_from_db(self.Session, thread)
# package the data for skip_logic
# package = dict()
# package['reddit'] = dict(thread_id=retdata['id'], comments=retdata['comments'], archived=retdata['archived'])
# package['database'] = dbdata
# if the database doesn't contain a record for the post, it will return false
# if that happens then we don't want to run it through the skip logic
# get comments for post from reddit
data = get_comments(self.r, thread_id)
# if data['status'] == 'C' then the retrieval was successful, so proceed
if data['status'] == 'C':
# query the database to see if the post already exists, will either get ID or None
post_id = check_post_table(self.Session, thread_id)
# if the post does not exist (no id returned) then insert the post data into db
# you can do bulk_comment_insert on everything because this is all new data
if not post_id:
post_id = insert_post_data(self.Session, retdata)
bulk_comment_insert(self.Session, data['comments'], post_id)
else:
# go through all comments and insert into database
for comment in data['comments']:
insert_comment_data(self.Session, comment, post_id)
# get finished time for tblHistory
history['finished'] = datetime.utcnow()
# build tblhistory entry
history['message'] = 'Fetched post ID {0} with {1} comments'.format(retdata['id'], len(data['comments']))
print(history['message'])
# set status for now, until I'm able to implement error handling
history['status'] = 'C'
elif data['status'] == 'F':
# data['status'] == 'F' so we build the message and send to insert_history
history = dict(
status=data['status'],
finished=datetime.utcnow(),
message=data['thread'] + ' failed due to ' + data['errormsg']
)
# insert message
insert_history(self.Session, history)
print("\n")