def confirm_delete(id):
#1 find the index of the employee that we want to delete
employee_to_delete = data.find_employee_by_id(id)
return render_template('confirm_delete.template.html',
employee=employee_to_delete)
def delete_employee(id):
#0 load in the database
database = data.read_data()
#1 find the index of the employee that we want to delete
employee_to_delete = data.find_employee_by_id(id)
#2 remove that index from the database list
for index,e in enumerate(database):
if e['id'] == employee_to_delete['id']:
# update the entry in the databse
database[index] = employee_to_delete
break # break out of the loop because each id is unique
del database[index]
#3 write the whole database back to the file
data.write_data(database)
return redirect(url_for('display_employees'))
def process_edit_employee(id):
#1 - read in the database
database = data.read_data()
#2 - update the entry in the database
employee_to_update = data.find_employee_by_id(id)
employee_to_update['first_name'] = request.form.get('firstname')
employee_to_update['last_name'] = request.form.get('lastname')
employee_to_update['salary'] = request.form.get('salary')
employee_to_update['title'] = request.form.get('title')
#find the index to replace
for index,e in enumerate(database):
if e['id'] == employee_to_update['id']:
# update the entry in the databse
database[index] = employee_to_update
break # break out of the loop because each id is unique
#3 - overwrite the file with our current version of database
data.write_data(database)
return redirect(url_for('display_employees'))
def edit_employee(id):
employee = data.find_employee_by_id(id)
return render_template('edit_employee.template.html', employee=employee)