Fixed writing book/author suggestion to file, and made it prettier

cli/google_interface.py

@@ -24,31 +24,49 @@ connection = pgdb.connect(database='oysteini_pbb2',
 def suggest_book(dbconnection, tmp_file=False):
     service = BookService(source='Programvareverkstedet - Worblehat - 0.1a ')
     action_list = []
-    print("Enter ISBN number(s), end with eof <CTRL+D>")
-    for indata in sys.stdin:
-        if indata in exit_commands:
+    authors_added = {}
+    file_prefix = "suggestion"
+    filler = ' -------------------------------------------------- '
+    if not tmp_file:
+        print("# Enter ISBN number(s), end with eof <CTRL+D>")
+    for ISBN in sys.stdin:
+        if ISBN.strip() in exit_commands:
             print("aborted")
             break
-        if book_in_db(dbconnection, indata):
-            action_list.append("Book with isbn: " + str(indata) + " is already in DB, skipped")
+        elif book_in_db(dbconnection, ISBN):
+            action_list.append("Book with ISBN: " + str(ISBN) + " is already in DB, skipped")
         else:
-            feed = service.search_by_keyword('isbn='+indata)
+            # First print a long comment line to separate books
+            new_book = filler + "Book: " + ISBN.strip() + filler
+            action_list.append(new_book)
+            feed = service.search_by_keyword('isbn='+ISBN)
             if feed.entry:
                 authors = parse_authors(dbconnection, feed.entry[0])
+                # For each author, check if author is already added as a new entry
+                # or already in DB, otherwise make an entry for a new author
                 for author in authors:
-                    if not author_in_db(dbconnection, author):
-                        action_list.append("Author: \"" + str(author) + "\" was not already in database")
-                        action_list.append(build_author(author))
+                    if author['id'] in authors_added:
+                        comment = "Author already added when book: " + str(authors_added[author['id']]) + " was added"
+                        action_list.append(comment) 
+                    elif not author_in_db(dbconnection, author):
+                        comment = "Author: \"" + str(author) + "\" was not already in database"
+                        d = build_author(author)
+                        d.update({'comment':comment})
+                        action_list.append(d)
+                        authors_added[author['id']] = ISBN
+                d = {}
                 if len(authors) == 0:
-                    action_list.append("Didn't find any authors for book. !!IMPORTANT!! Add correct author and id in new-book section")
+                    # TODO: test this
+                    comment = "Didn't find any authors for book. !!IMPORTANT!! Add correct author and id in new-book section"
+                    d.update({'comment':comment})
                     authors.append({'id':'NO_AUTHOR', 'firstname':'John', 'lastname':'Doe'})
-                action_list.append(build_book(feed.entry[0], authors, indata))
+                d.update(build_book(feed.entry[0], authors, ISBN))
+                action_list.append(d)
             else:
                 print("No items found")
         
     if tmp_file:
-        # TODO: write to tmp file
-        pass
+        write_tmpfile(file_prefix, write_actionlist(action_list))
     else:
         print(write_actionlist(action_list))
 
@@ -272,4 +290,4 @@ def unescape(s):
 	return es.join(list)
 
 
-suggest_book(connection)
+suggest_book(connection, tmp_file=False)