Some working db writer code.

.gitignore

@@ -138,3 +138,5 @@ dmypy.json
 # Cython debug symbols
 cython_debug/
 
+# Secrets
+.creds*

db_tools/db_writer.py

@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 #! env/bin/python3
 
 # import the psycopg2 database adapter for PostgreSQL
-from psycopg2 import connect, Error
+import psycopg2
-import json
 from psycopg2.extras import Json
-from psycopg2.extras import json as psycop_json
+import json
 import sys
 
 def connect_db(db: str,host: str,user: str,passwd: str):
     try:
         # declare a new PostgreSQL connection object
-        conn = connect(
+        conn = psycopg2.connect(
             dbname = db,
             user = user,
             host = host,
@@ -18,86 +17,57 @@ def connect_db(db: str,host: str,user: str,passwd: str):
             # attempt to connect for 3 seconds then raise exception
             connect_timeout = 3
         )
-        cur = conn.cursor()
 
-    except (Exception, Error) as err:
+    except (Exception, psycopg2.Error) as err:
         #print ("\npsycopg2 connect error:", err)
-        #conn = None
-        cur = None
-    return cur
-
-# use Python's open() function to load the JSON data
-with open('postgres-records.json') as json_data:
-
-    # use load() rather than loads() for JSON files
-    record_list = json.load(json_data)
-
-# concatenate an SQL string
-sql_string = 'INSERT INTO {} '.format( table_name )
-
-# if record list then get column names from first key
-if type(record_list) == list:
-    first_record = record_list[0]
-
-    columns = list(first_record.keys())
-    print ("\ncolumn names:", columns)
-
-# if just one dict obj or nested JSON dict
-else:
-    print ("Needs to be an array of JSON objects")
-    sys.exit()
-
-# enclose the column names within parenthesis
-sql_string += "(" + ', '.join(columns) + ")\nVALUES "
-
-# only attempt to execute SQL if cursor is valid
-if cur != None:
-
-    try:
-        cur.execute( sql_string )
-        conn.commit()
-
-        print ('\nfinished INSERT INTO execution')
-
-    except (Exception, Error) as error:
-        print("\nexecute_sql() error:", error)
-        conn.rollback()
-
-    # close the cursor and connection
-    cur.close()
-    conn.close()
-
-######################################################3
-
-import psycopg2
-from config import config
-
-
-def insert_vendor(vendor_name):
-    """ insert a new vendor into the vendors table """
-    sql = """INSERT INTO vendors(vendor_name)
-             VALUES(%s) RETURNING vendor_id;"""
         conn = None
-    vendor_id = None
+    return conn
+
+def get_db_creds(file: str):
+    with open(file) as cred_file:
+        creds = json.load(cred_file)
+    return creds
+
+def insert_data(conn, data):
+    
+    # insert a new vendor into the vendors table
+    sql = """  
+    INSERT INTO
+        air(datetime, temperature, humidity) 
+    VALUES
+        (%s, %s, %s)
+    """
+    
     try:
-        # read database configuration
+        # open cursor on our db connection
-        params = config()
-        # connect to the PostgreSQL database
-        conn = psycopg2.connect(**params)
-        # create a new cursor
         cur = conn.cursor()
+
         # execute the INSERT statement
-        cur.execute(sql, (vendor_name,))
+        data = (data["datetime"], data["temperature"], data["humidity"])
-        # get the generated id back
+        cur.execute(sql,data)
-        vendor_id = cur.fetchone()[0]
+
         # commit the changes to the database
         conn.commit()
+
         # close communication with the database
         cur.close()
+
     except (Exception, psycopg2.DatabaseError) as error:
         print(error)
+
     finally:
         if conn is not None:
             conn.close()
     
-    return vendor_id
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    data = {
+        "datetime": "2021-10-23 01:58:08.205911",
+        "temperature": "73.4",
+        "humidity": "49.2"
+    }
+
+    creds = get_db_creds("./.creds.json")
+
+    conn = connect_db(creds["db"], creds["host"], creds["user"], creds["passwd"])
+
+    insert_data(conn, data)