sidea/b interface

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ pip install temp-index
 
 ## use it
 
+`make_cards` accepts the following arguments:
+
+- **filepath**: where the pdf will go
+- **metadata db**: where your metadata db is
+- **side_a**: the fields for the side a of the card
+- **side_b**: the fields for the side b of the card
+
 ```python
 from temp_index import make_cards
 
@@ -17,6 +24,7 @@ from temp_index import make_cards
 make_cards(
     "/home/me/catalogue.pdf",
     "sqlite:///metadata.db",
-    ["title", "timestamp", "comments", "authors", "tags"]
+    ["title", "timestamp", "comments", "authors"],
+    ["tags"],
 )
 ```

temp_index.py

@@ -14,64 +14,71 @@ from reportlab.platypus import PageBreak, Paragraph, SimpleDocTemplate, Spacer
 CWD = Path().resolve()
 
 
-def make_cards(filepath, db_path, fields):
+def make_cards(filepath, db_path, side_a, side_b):
     """The main entrypoint for card generation."""
     filename = os.path.basename(filepath)
     doc = create_doc(filename)
-    content = get_fields(db_path, fields)
+    content = get_fields(db_path, side_a, side_b)
     doc.build(content)
     shutil.move(os.path.join(CWD, filename), filepath)
 
 
-def get_fields(db_path, fields):
+def select_fields(fields, content, styles, book):
+    if "title" in fields:
+        tag = "<font size=12>{}</font>".format(book.title)
+        ptitle = Paragraph(tag, styles["Italic"])
+        content.append(ptitle)
+        content.append(Spacer(1, 12))
+
+    if "timestamp" in fields:
+        tag = "<font size=10>Timestamp: {}</font>".format(book.timestamp)
+        ptime = Paragraph(tag, styles["Normal"])
+        content.append(ptime)
+        content.append(Spacer(1, 12))
+
+    if "comments" in fields:
+        comments = ", ".join(
+            [
+                shorten(comment.text, width=50, placeholder="...")
+                for comment in book.comments
+            ]
+        )
+        tag = "<font size=10>{}</font>".format(comments)
+        pcomments = Paragraph(tag)
+        content.append(pcomments)
+
+    if "authors" in fields:
+        format_string = "<font size=12>{}</font>"
+        all_authors = [author.name for author in book.authors]
+        glued_together = format_string.format(", ".join(all_authors))
+
+        p = Paragraph(glued_together, styles["Normal"])
+        content.append(p)
+        content.append(Spacer(6, 12))
+
+    if "tags" in fields:
+        format_string = "<font size=10>{}</font>"
+        all_tags = [tag.name for tag in book.tags]
+        tags_glued_together = format_string.format(", ".join(all_tags))
+
+        p = Paragraph(tags_glued_together, styles["Normal"])
+        content.append(p)
+        content.append(Spacer(6, 12))
+
+    return content
+
+
+def get_fields(db_path, side_a, side_b):
     """Retrieve fields from the metadata."""
     content = []
     styles = getSampleStyleSheet()
     session = init_session(db_path)
 
     for book in session.query(Book).all():
-        if "title" in fields:
-            tag = "<font size=12>{}</font>".format(book.title)
-            ptitle = Paragraph(tag, styles["Italic"])
-            content.append(ptitle)
-            content.append(Spacer(1, 12))
-
-        if "timestamp" in fields:
-            tag = "<font size=10>Timestamp: {}</font>".format(book.timestamp)
-            ptime = Paragraph(tag, styles["Normal"])
-            content.append(ptime)
-            content.append(Spacer(1, 12))
-
-        if "comments" in fields:
-            comments = ", ".join(
-                [
-                    shorten(comment.text, width=50, placeholder="...")
-                    for comment in book.comments
-                ]
-            )
-            tag = "<font size=10>{}</font>".format(comments)
-            pcomments = Paragraph(tag)
-            content.append(pcomments)
-
-        if "authors" in fields:
-            format_string = "<font size=12>{}</font>"
-            all_authors = [author.name for author in book.authors]
-            glued_together = format_string.format(", ".join(all_authors))
-
-            p = Paragraph(glued_together, styles["Normal"])
-            content.append(p)
-            content.append(PageBreak())
-            content.append(Spacer(6, 12))
-
-        if "tags" in fields:
-            format_string = "<font size=10>{}</font>"
-            all_tags = [tag.name for tag in book.tags]
-            tags_glued_together = format_string.format(", ".join(all_tags))
-
-            p = Paragraph(tags_glued_together, styles["Normal"])
-            content.append(p)
-            content.append(PageBreak())
-            content.append(Spacer(6, 12))
+        content = select_fields(side_a, content, styles, book)
+        content.append(PageBreak())
+        content = select_fields(side_b, content, styles, book)
+        content.append(PageBreak())
 
     return content