more updates, got save working better... was overwriting all rows. have working list_of_jobs() function, basically ready to be used now...

indenture.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ activate_this = "venv/bin/activate_this.py"
 execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
 
 ######
-### What are we going to be using?
+### What are we going to be using today?
 ######
 
 import os
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class _db:
             return False
 
     def commit(self):
+        """ commit()
+        commits any pending changes to the database file.
+        """
         return self._conn.commit()
 
     def query(self,query,returns="list",timeout=10,db="jobs.db"):
@@ -74,14 +77,12 @@ class Job:
         self.originator = originator
         self.completed = completed
 
-
     def _full_exec(self):
         """ _full_exec()
         returns the full command to be executed with the arguments
         """
         return self.command+' '+self.arguments
 
-
     def _disconnect(self):
         """ _disconnect()
         flushes writes to sqlite and closes the connection
@@ -89,37 +90,40 @@ class Job:
         self._conn.commit()
         self._c.close()
 
-    def describe(self):
+    def describe(self,prints=True,returns=False):
         """ describe():
         a public function that describes the job to be completed.
         """
         description = []
         description.append('UUID: ' + self.uuid)
-        description.append('Commmand: ' + self._full_exec)
+        description.append('Commmand: ' + self._full_exec())
         description.append('Due Date: ' + self.what_time())
         if self.completed:
             description.append('Completion: Completed')
         else:
             description.append('Completion: Incomplete')
 
+        if prints == True:
             print '\n'.join(description)
+        if returns == True:
             return '\n'.join(description)
 
-
-
     def do_work(self):
         """ do_work()
         actually performs the work to be completed.
         """
-        return call(self.full_exec().split())
-
+        print self._full_exec().split()
+        r = call(self._full_exec().split())
+        if not r > 0:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
 
     def open(self, uuid):
         """ open()
         runs a query to populate with the information of an existing job
         in the database
         """
-        
         jobsdb = _db()
         
         data = jobsdb.query('SELECT uuid,command,arguments,due,originator,completed FROM jobs WHERE uuid = "' + uuid + '" LIMIT 1;', returns="one")
@@ -137,9 +141,8 @@ class Job:
         jobsdb = _db()
 
         test = 'SELECT uuid FROM jobs WHERE uuid = "' + str(self.uuid) + '";'
-        if jobsdb.query(test):
+        if len(jobsdb.query(test,returns="list")) > 0:
             query = 'UPDATE jobs SET '
-            query += 'uuid = "' + str(self.uuid) + '", '
             query += 'command = "' + self.command + '", '
             query += 'arguments = "' + self.arguments + '", '
             query += 'due = "' + str(self.due) + '", '
@@ -148,7 +151,10 @@ class Job:
                 query += 'completed = 1 '
             else:
                 query += 'completed = 0 '
-            query += ';'
+            query += 'WHERE uuid = "'+str(self.uuid)+'" LIMIT 1;'
+
+            print query
+
             jobsdb.query(query)
             jobsdb.commit()
         else:
@@ -173,7 +179,6 @@ class Job:
         """
         return pretty_date(self.due)
 
-
     def what_work(self):
         """ what_work()
         public function to see what work is going to be done.
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@ class Job:
 
 
 def pretty_date(time=False):
-    """
+    """ pretty_date()
     Get a datetime object or a int() Epoch timestamp and return a
     pretty string like 'an hour ago', 'Yesterday', '3 months ago',
     'just now', etc
@@ -266,8 +271,34 @@ def pretty_date(time=False):
 ######
 
 
-def list_jobs(include_completed=False):
-    """ list_jobs(include_completed = False)
+def list_of_jobs(include_completed=False,only_past_due=True):
+    """ list_of_jobs()
+    returns a python list of all the outstanding jobs.
+    """
+
+    query = "SELECT uuid FROM jobs"
+    if include_completed == False and only_past_due == True:
+        query += " WHERE completed = 0 and due <= " + str(time.time()) + ';'
+    elif include_completed == False and only_past_due == False:
+        query += " WHERE completed = 0;"
+    elif include_completed == True and only_past_due == True:
+        query += " WHERE due <= " + str(time.time()) + ';'
+
+    jobsdb = _db()
+
+    job_list = []    
+
+    for row in jobsdb.query(query):
+        j = Job()
+        j.open(uuid=row[0])
+        job_list.append(j)
+
+    return job_list
+
+
+
+def print_jobs(include_completed=False):
+    """ print_jobs()
     list all the jobs that need to be done, does not include completed
     jobs by default.
     """