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

@@ -14,22 +14,16 @@ 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):
-    """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"])
@@ -60,7 +54,6 @@ def get_fields(db_path, fields):
 
         p = Paragraph(glued_together, styles["Normal"])
         content.append(p)
-            content.append(PageBreak())
         content.append(Spacer(6, 12))
 
     if "tags" in fields:
@@ -70,12 +63,26 @@ def get_fields(db_path, fields):
 
         p = Paragraph(tags_glued_together, styles["Normal"])
         content.append(p)
-            content.append(PageBreak())
         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():
+        content = select_fields(side_a, content, styles, book)
+        content.append(PageBreak())
+        content = select_fields(side_b, content, styles, book)
+        content.append(PageBreak())
+
+    return content
+
+
 def create_doc(filename):
     """Build the Report Lab document template."""
     return SimpleDocTemplate(