def backup(self):
'''(BTool) -> NoneType
saves the entire library to pickle
'''
#initialize connection
zot = zotero.Zotero(self._userData['user_id'],
self._userData['user_type'],
self._userData['api_key'])
#get the data to backup and name the save file
#library_id + current (24 hour) time to allow for easy backing up
data = zot.items()
version = self._userData["user_id"] + str(data[-1]["version"])
p = Pickler(version)
#save the data and update savelog
p.save(data)
self.update_savelog("add", version)
def update_savelog(self, mode, item):
'''(BTool, string, string)-> NoneType
updates the savelog, adds item if mode = 'add'
and removes item if mode = 'remove'.
*** should only be used my backup() and restore() methods in this
class to ensure save corruption doesn't occur. ***
'''
p = Pickler("savelog")
try:
#add/remove item from the list of items
data = p.load()
if mode == "add":
data.append(item)
else:
data.remove(item)
p.save(data)
except:
#in this case there is no savelog, so make one containing item
data = []
data.append(item)
p.save(data)
def backup_library(self): #untested ''' backup entire library, this overwrites any previous backup''' #initialize a pickle and save @lib_backup.p picklesave = 'lib_backup' pickle = Pickler(picklesave) pickle.save(self._zot.items())
