simple json storage forced sort orders

app.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def create_app():
 
 
 def update_feeds(json_file):
+    print("updating feeds from columns.toml file")
     with open("columns.toml", "rb") as f:
         column_dict = tomli.load(f)
 

columns.toml

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-[[column]]
-urls = ["https://varia.zone/logs/x-y/feed.rss.xml","https://varia.zone/logs/x-y-protocols/feed.rss.xml"]
-title = "code"
-limit = 5
-sort_order = "random"
-
-[[column]]
-urls = ["https://post.lurk.org/@cmos4040.rss"]
-title = "circulations"
-sort_order = "reverse"
-tag_filter = "electronics"
-
-[[column]]
-urls = ["https://post.lurk.org/tags/radio.rss"]
-title = "radio"
-sort_order = "reverse-chronological"
-
-[[column]]
-urls = ["https://post.lurk.org/tags/forth.rss"]
-title = "forth"
-sort_order = "chronological"

simplejsonstorage.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 from json import dumps, loads
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from logging import DEBUG, INFO, basicConfig, getLogger
 from os import environ, mkdir
 from os.path import exists
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
-class SimpleJsonStorage(dict):
+class SimpleJsonStorage(OrderedDict):
     """A simple json file.
     It is a dictionary which saves to disk on all writes. It is optimised for
     ease of hacking and accessibility and not for performance or efficiency.
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class SimpleJsonStorage(dict):
         """Save the file to disk."""
         try:
             with open(self.filename, "w") as handle:
-                handle.write(dumps(self, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
+                handle.write(dumps(self, indent=4))
         except Exception as exception:
             message = f"Saving file storage failed: {exception}"
             self.log.error(message, exc_info=exception)
@@ -56,6 +57,6 @@ class SimpleJsonStorage(dict):
 
     def update(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Update the file."""
-        for k, v in dict(*args, **kwargs).items():
+        for k, v in OrderedDict(*args, **kwargs).items():
             self[k] = v
         self._dumps()

start.py

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ def index():
     json_file = load_json_file()
     columns = []
     for key, value in json_file.items():
-        print(key)
         column = Column(value["title"], value["urls"])
         column.set_entries(value["entries"])
         columns.append(column)