add argsparse, logging and coord's.

app/coordinators/art_coordinator.py

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+import requests
+from services import art_services, data_services, logging_services
+
+def update_art_data(arguments):
+    directory = arguments.target
+    v_setting = arguments.verbose
+    v_out = logging_services.log # Partial function -- for brevity.
+    save = data_services.store_json # (P.F.) For easier reading.
+    
+    v_out(v_setting, "Beginning to update Art data...")
+    
+    try:
+        raw_art_data = data_services.get_json(
+            "https://api.craigoates.net/api/1.0/Artwork")
+        v_out(v_setting, "Data from API retrived.")
+        
+        save(art_services.get_creation_date_totals(raw_art_data),
+             f"{directory}/art_creation_dates.json")
+        v_out(v_setting, "Art creation dates processed.")
+        
+        save(art_services.get_db_column_totals(raw_art_data, "category"),
+             f"{directory}/art_category_totals.json")
+        v_out(v_setting, "Art categories processed.")
+        
+        save(art_services.get_db_column_totals(raw_art_data, "medium"),
+             f"{directory}/art_medium_total.json")
+        v_out(v_setting, "Art medium(s) totals processed.")
+
+        save(art_services.get_dimension_totals(raw_art_data, "dimensions", "width"),
+             f"{directory}/art_width_totals.json")
+        v_out(v_setting, "Art width totals processed.")
+    
+        save(art_services.get_dimension_totals(raw_art_data, "dimensions", "height"),
+             f"{directory}/art_height_totals.json")
+        v_out(v_setting, "Art height totals processed.")
+
+        save(art_services.get_dimension_totals(raw_art_data, "dimensions", "depth"),
+             f"{directory}/art_depth_totals.json")
+        v_out(v_setting, "Art depth totals processed.")
+
+        v_out(v_setting, "Completed updating Art data.")
+             
+    except Exception:
+        print("ERROR: Unable to update Art data. Exiting program.")
+    return 0

app/main.py

@@ -1,40 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-import requests
-from datetime import datetime
-from services import art_services, data_services
-from pathlib import Path
+from services import parser_services
+from coordinators import art_coordinator
 
 def main():
-    # The intention is for this to be accessible from other projects.
-    directory = str(f"{Path.home()}/coblob-data")
-    
-    raw_art_data = data_services.get_json(
-        "https://api.craigoates.net/api/1.0/Artwork")
-    
-    save = data_services.store_json # For easier reading.
-
-    save(art_services.get_creation_date_totals(raw_art_data),
-        f"{directory}/art_creation_dates.json")
-
-    save(art_services.get_db_column_totals(raw_art_data, "category"),
-        f"{directory}/art_category_totals.json")
-
-    save(art_services.get_db_column_totals(raw_art_data, "medium"),
-        f"{directory}/art_medium_total.json")
-
-    save(art_services.get_dimension_totals(raw_art_data, "dimensions", "width"),
-        f"{directory}/art_width_totals.json")
-    
-    save(art_services.get_dimension_totals(raw_art_data, "dimensions", "height"),
-        f"{directory}/art_height_totals.json")
-
-    save(art_services.get_dimension_totals(raw_art_data, "dimensions", "depth"),
-        f"{directory}/art_depth_totals.json")
-
-    # Use for console priting for the moment.
-    date = datetime.now().strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
-    time = datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M")
+    args = parser_services.create_args()
+    art_coordinator.update_art_data(args)
+    # update_software_data(args) # Future update.
+    # update_article_data(args) # Future update.
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()

app/services/logging_services.py

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+# This is for outputting the program's status when the verbose switch
+# is used.
+
+def log(log_output, message):
+    if log_output is True:
+        print(message)

app/services/parser_services.py

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+import argparse
+import os
+
+def dir_path(string):
+    if os.path.isdir(string):
+        return string
+    else:
+        raise NotADirectoryError(string)
+    
+def create_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        "Parses the coblob database and transforms it. " +
+        "This is mostly for the the benefit of the co-data project. " +
+        "It, also, requires access to the co-api project, via the internet.")
+    parser.add_argument("-t", "--target", type = dir_path, required = True,
+                        help = "the location you would like the data to be stored at.")
+    parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action = "store_true",
+                        help = "provides detailed output when program is running.")
+    
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args