Better persistence

persistence/__init__.py

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-# Placeholder

persistence/persistent_init.json

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-{
-  "bot" : {
-    "messages_read": 0,
-    "messages_sent": 0,
-    "commands_executed": 0,
-    "photos_sent": 0,
-    "log": [],
-    "chat_members": {},
-    "reboots": 0
-  },
-
-  "clock" : {
-    "test":""
-  },
-  "dashboard" : {
-    "test":""
-  },
-  "global" : {
-    "shopping_list" : []
-  }
-}

persistence/rw.py

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-import json
-import time
-import os
-import shutil
-
-class Variables():
-    """"""
-
-    def __init__(self, module_name, file_name="persistence/persistent_vars.json", init_name="persistence/persistent_init.json", ):
-        self.path = file_name
-        self.init_path = init_name
-
-        self.module = module_name
-
-        self.last_action = "" 
-        # last performed action, if only reads are made, then the underlying var has not been changed
-        # and doesn't need to be read again
-        self.savefile = {}
-
-        if not os.path.exists(self.path):
-            shutil.copy(self.init_path, self.path)
-
-
-    def global_action(self, action, name, value=""):
-        old = self.module
-        self.module = "global"
-        action = getattr(self, action)
-        if value != "":
-            ret = action(name,value)
-        else:
-            ret = action(name)
-        self.module = old
-        return ret
-
-    def write(self, name, value):
-        pre = self.read("")
-        pre[self.module][name] = value
-        try:
-            file = open(self.path,"w")
-            json.dump(pre, file)
-            file.close()
-            self.last_action = "write"
-        except:
-            print("Config not written - critical")
-
-
-    def read(self, name):
-        if self.last_action == "read":
-            vars = self.savefile
-        else:
-            file = open(self.path,"r")
-            vars = json.load(file)
-            file.close()
-            self.savefile = vars
-            self.last_action = "read"
-
-        if name != "":
-            vars = vars[self.module][name]
-        return vars
-
-
-    def increment(self, name, inc=1):
-        pre = self.read(name)
-        if pre:
-    	    self.write(name, pre + inc)
-        else:
-            self.write(name, inc)
-        
-
-    def append_list(self, name, value):
-        pre = self.read(name)
-        pre.append(value)
-        self.write(name, pre)
-
-
-    def read_ext_file(self, path):
-        """returns content of given file"""
-        if not os.path.exists(path):
-            return "File does not exist"
-        file = open(path,"r")
-        content = file.read()
-        file.close()
-        return content