def update(self, merge_data={}, commit=True):
""" Update object with current data into mongo.
Arguments:
merge_data -- dictionary used to represent the entire object. This will overwrite the object's current data.
commit -- Should this update of the data in memory be commited to mongo? Default: True
"""
if (not merge_data=={}):
self.merge_data(merge_data) #Intelligently merge the argument into the self.attributes variable
cherrylog ("Data merged into object: "+ str(merge_data))
if (commit):
self.attributes['modified_at'] = datetime.datetime.now()
cherrylog ("updating item in database")
try:
update = self.my_collection.update({'_id':oid(self.doc_id)}, self.attributes, safe=True)
except Exception as e:
Tools.print_errors ("Error updating object in database: " + str(self.__class__.__name__))
return False
cherrylog ("Update of item successul: " + (str(update)))
return True
def load(self, lookup_doc_id=None, alt_matching={}):
"""Load data from database into object in memory
Arguments:
lookup_doc_id -- the doc_id of the object that will be used for matching.
alt_matching -- An alternate dictionary for doing the lookup.
One of these two parameters is required.
"""
if (lookup_doc_id != None):
cherrylog ("Loading " + str(self.__class__.__name__) + " with params: id=" + str(lookup_doc_id))
else:
cherrylog ("Loading " + str(self.__class__.__name__) + " with params: " + str(alt_matching))
try:
match_param = {}
if (alt_matching != {}):
match_param = alt_matching
else:
match_param = {'_id':oid(lookup_doc_id)}
docs = self.my_collection.find(match_param, safe=True)
cherrylog ("got number of results as: " + str(docs.count()))
if (docs.count() == 0):
cherrylog ("Couldn't load object, 0 matching results in database!!")
return False
if (docs.count() == 1):
self.doc_id = str(docs[0]['_id'])
if docs[0].has_key('_id'): del docs[0]['_id']
self.attributes = docs[0]
return True
else:
raise Exception("Retrieved multiple videos when only 1 was expected")
except Exception as e:
Tools.print_errors ("Unable to load " + str(self.__class__.__name__) + " from database with params: id=" + str(self.doc_id))
return False
cherrylog ("Successfully loaded object: " + str(self.attributes))
return True