single use media archiving made usable again

news_fetch/runner.py

@@ -128,8 +128,14 @@ class Dispatcher(Thread):
 
 
 class PrintWorker:
+    def __init__(self, action, sent = False) -> None:
+        self.action = action
+        self.sent = sent
     def send(self, article):
-        print(f"Uploaded article {article}")
+        print(f"{self.action} article {article}")
+        if self.sent:
+            article.sent = True
+            article.save()
     def keep_alive(self): # keeps script running, because there is nothing else in the main thread
         while True: sleep(1)
 
@@ -144,11 +150,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         logger.info(f"Launching upload to archive for {len(articles)} articles.")
 
         dispatcher.workers_in = [{"UploadWorker": UploadWorker()}]
-        dispatcher.workers_out = [{"PrintWorker": PrintWorker()}]
+        print_worker = PrintWorker("Uploaded")
+        dispatcher.workers_out = [{"PrintWorker": print_worker}]
         dispatcher.start()
         for a in articles:
             dispatcher.incoming_request(article=a)
-        PrintWorker().keep_alive()
+        print_worker.keep_alive()
 
     else: # launch with full action
         try: