def get_about(self, username):
# facebook_scraper = pickle.load(open( "facebook_scraper.pickle", "rb" ))
try:
result = facebook_scraper.get_about(username)
user = FacebookUser.query.filter_by(username=username).first()
if not user:
user = FacebookUser()
convert_result(user, result)
user.created_at = datetime.now()
db.session.add(user)
transact_type = 'create'
else:
convert_result(user, result)
transact_type = 'update'
user.updated_at = datetime.now()
except Exception as e:
transaction = Transaction(
timestamp = datetime.utcnow(),
transact_type = 'error',
func = 'get_about(%s)' % username,
ref = "%s: %s" % (
str(e.errno) if hasattr(e, 'errno') else 0,
e.strerror if hasattr(e, 'strerror') else e
)
)
if 'result' in locals():
transaction.data = str(result)
transaction.ref = "%s.%s" % (FacebookUser.__tablename__, str(result.uid))
db.session.add(transaction)
db.session.commit()
return
## Scrape Transaction
transaction = Transaction(
timestamp = datetime.utcnow(),
transact_type = transact_type,
ref = "%s.%s" % (FacebookUser.__tablename__, str(result.uid)),
func = 'get_about(%s)' % username,
data = str(result)
)
db.session.add(transaction)
db.session.commit()
return result
