cleanuo

video-feed.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import os
 import datetime
 import shutil
 import requests
-from slugify import slugify
+import ast
 
 
 #jinja filters & config
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ videos = videos['data']
 
 
 def create_post(post_directory, video_metadata):
-        global client
+        global client #lazy
+        
         if not os.path.exists(post_dir):
             os.mkdir(post_directory)
         
@@ -69,12 +70,13 @@ def create_post(post_directory, video_metadata):
         else:
             print('image exists')
 
-        #FIXME replace the truncated description with the full video description
+        #replace the truncated description with the full video description
+        #peertube api is some broken thing in between a py dict and a json file
         api_response = peertube.VideoApi(client).videos_id_description_get(v['uuid'])
-        import ast
-        long_description = ast.literal_eval(api_response)
+        long_description = ast.literal_eval(api_response) 
         v['description'] = long_description['description']
 
+
         with open(os.path.join(post_directory,'index.md'),'w') as f:
             post = template.render(v=video_metadata, host=host, preview_image=preview_image)
             f.write(post)
@@ -91,13 +93,6 @@ template = env.get_template('index_template.md')
 
 existing_posts = os.listdir(output_dir)
 
-#compare returned video uuid to existing posts to determine:
-# video - existing post
-#   1          0       > create
-#   0          1       > delete
-#   1          1       > ignore or update
-#   0          0       > nothing
-
 for v in videos:
 
     if v['uuid'] not in existing_posts: #if there is a video we dont already have, make it