enhancement-sort-item-sections-by-date

api/ECNQueue.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 import os, time, email, re, datetime
 from dateutil.parser import parse
+from dateutil import tz
 from typing import Union
 import json
 
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ def __parseSections(self) -> list:
 				# Checks for a parse error and appends it, returning the sections list which stops the parsing
 				if editInfo["type"] == "parse_error":
 					sections.append(editInfo)
-					return sections
+					return self.__getSortedSections(sections)
 
 				# Appends the edit dictionary to sections
 				sections.append(editInfo)
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ def __parseSections(self) -> list:
 				# Checks for a parse error and appends it, returning the sections list which stops the parsing
 				if replyToInfo["type"] == "parse_error":
 					sections.append(replyToInfo)
-					return sections
+					return self.__getSortedSections(sections)
 
 				# Appends the reply-to to sections
 				sections.append(replyToInfo)
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ def __parseSections(self) -> list:
 
 				if statusInfo["type"] == "parse_error":
 					sections.append(statusInfo)
-					return sections
+					return self.__getSortedSections(sections)
 
 				# Appends the status to sections
 				sections.append(statusInfo)
@@ -318,12 +319,15 @@ def __parseSections(self) -> list:
 
 				if replyFromInfo["type"] == "parse_error":
 					sections.append(replyFromInfo)
-					return sections
+					return self.__getSortedSections(sections)
 
 				# Appends the replyFrom to sections
 				sections.append(replyFromInfo)
-
-		return sections
+
+		sortedSections = self.__getSortedSections(sections)
+
+		return sortedSections
+		#return sections
 
 	def __directoryParsing(self, directoryStartLine: int) -> dict:
 		"""Returns a dictionary with directory information
@@ -965,6 +969,46 @@ def __errorParsing(self, line: str, lineNum: int, expectedSyntax: str) -> dict:
 		# returns the error dictionary
 		return errorDictionary
 
+	def __getSortedSections(self, sectionsList: list) -> list:
+		"""Sorts the sections chronologically by datetime
+
+		Example:
+			[example] need to do
+
+		Args:
+			sections (list): the list of sections to be sorted
+
+		Returns:
+			list: a list of sections sorted by datetime
+		"""
+		sectionsLength = len(sectionsList)
+		sortedSections = []
+		oldestSection = {}
+
+		while len(sortedSections) < sectionsLength:
+
+			for iteration, currentSection in enumerate(sectionsList):
+
+				if currentSection["type"] == "directory_information":
+					sortedSections.append(currentSection)
+					sectionsList.remove(currentSection)
+					break
+
+				if iteration == 0:
+					oldestSection = currentSection
+
+				#datetime.datetime.strptime(date_time_str, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')
+
+				elif parse(currentSection["datetime"]) < parse(oldestSection["datetime"]):
+					oldestSection = currentSection
+
+				if iteration == len(sectionsList) - 1:
+					sortedSections.append(oldestSection)
+					sectionsList.remove(oldestSection)
+
+		return sortedSections
+
+
 	def __isLocked(self) -> Union[str, bool]:
 		"""Returns a string info about the lock if true and a bool False if false
 
@@ -1065,7 +1109,8 @@ def __getFormattedDate(self, date: str) -> str:
 			str: Properly formatted date/time recieved or empty string.
 		"""
 		try:
-			parsedDate = parse(date)
+			parsedDate = parse(date, default= datetime.datetime(2017, 10, 13, tzinfo=tz.gettz('EDT')))
+			#parsedDate = parse(date, default= datetime.datetime(2017, 10, 13, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.)
 		except:
 			return ""