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diff --git a/core/utils.py b/core/utils.py
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--- a/core/utils.py
+++ b/core/utils.py
@@ -60,6 +60,48 @@ def chaosmonkey(n):
# print("CHAOS strikes !", file=sys.stderr)
return True
+
+def save_carefully(objectType, lookupAttribs={}, nonLookupAttribs={}):
+ """Looks up instance using lookupAttribs and carries out the following:
+ -if instance does not exist in DB: add instance to DB, return (new instance, True)
+ -if instance exists in DB and was modified using Troggle: do nothing, return (existing instance, False)
+ -if instance exists in DB and was not modified using Troggle: overwrite instance, return (instance, False)
+
+ The checking is accomplished using Django's get_or_create and the new_since_parsing boolean field
+ defined in core.models.TroggleModel.
+
+ """
+ try:
+ instance, created = objectType.objects.get_or_create(defaults=nonLookupAttribs, **lookupAttribs)
+ except:
+ print(" !! - SAVE CAREFULLY ===================", objectType)
+ print(" !! - -- objects.get_or_create()")
+ print(" !! - lookupAttribs:{}\n !! - nonLookupAttribs:{}".format(lookupAttribs,nonLookupAttribs))
+ raise
+ if not created and not instance.new_since_parsing:
+ for k, v in list(nonLookupAttribs.items()): #overwrite the existing attributes from the logbook text (except date and title)
+ setattr(instance, k, v)
+ try:
+ instance.save()
+ except:
+ print(" !! - SAVE CAREFULLY ===================", objectType)
+ print(" !! - -- instance.save()")
+ print(" !! - lookupAttribs:{}\n !! - nonLookupAttribs:{}".format(lookupAttribs,nonLookupAttribs))
+ raise
+ try:
+ msg = str(instance)
+ except:
+ msg = "FAULT getting __str__ for instance with lookupattribs: {}:".format(lookupAttribs)
+ if created:
+ logging.info(str(instance) + ' was just added to the database for the first time. \n')
+
+ if not created and instance.new_since_parsing:
+ logging.info(str(instance) + " has been modified using Troggle, so the current script left it as is. \n")
+
+ if not created and not instance.new_since_parsing:
+ logging.info(str(instance) + " existed in the database unchanged since last parse. It was overwritten by the current script. \n")
+ return (instance, created)
+
# def get_related_by_wikilinks(wiki_text):
# found=re.findall(settings.QM_PATTERN,wiki_text)
# res=[]