change parsing to read type and flags

this means that everything can be parsed

templates/book.html

@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 	<p> <img src="{{ url_for('static', filename="library_files/" + book["cover"]) }}"> </p>
 {% endif %}
 {% for datum in (book|dictsort) %}
-	<p> {{names[datum[0]]}}: {{ datum[1] }} </p>
+	{% if datum[1] is not equalto "" %}
+		<p> {{fields[datum[0]]["title"]}}: {{ datum[1] }} </p>
+	{% endif %}
 {% endfor %}

test.py

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ app = Flask(__name__)
 
 data = []
 attributes= ["title",
-             "author",
+             "authors",
              "isbn"]
 
-names = {}
+fields = {}
 
 def updateData():
     out = []
@@ -21,22 +21,47 @@ def updateData():
     ns = "{http://periapsis.org/tellico/}"
 
     for field in collection.find(ns + "fields"):
-        print(field.attrib)
-        if "title" in field.attrib:
-            names[field.attrib["name"]] = field.attrib["title"]
+        #check if multiple entries are allowed
+        if (int(field.attrib["flags"]) & 0x01 & 0xff) != 0:
+            #change name to match
+            name = field.attrib["name"] + "s"
+        else:
+            name = field.attrib["name"]
+        fields[name] = field.attrib
 
     for book in collection.iter(ns + "entry"):
         bookout = {}
-        bookout["cover"] = book.find(ns + "cover").text if book.find(ns + "cover") != None else ""
-        bookout["id"] = int(book.find(ns + "id").text)
-        bookout["title"] = book.find(ns + "title").text if (book.find(ns + "title") != None) else ""
-        bookout["isbn"] = book.find(ns + "isbn").text if (book.find(ns + "isbn") != None) else ""
-        authors = []
-        if book.find(ns + "authors") != None:
-            for a in book.find(ns + "authors"):
-                authors.append(a.text)
-        bookout["author"] = "; ".join(authors)
+        for datum in fields.keys():
+            if book.find(ns + datum) != None:
+                t = int(fields[datum]["type"])
+                #simple text, paragraph, multiple choice, image
+                if t == 1 or t == 2 or t == 3 or t == 10:
+                    #check if multiple entries are allowed
+                    #if so, put entries in a list
+                    if (int(fields[datum]["flags"]) & 0x01 & 0xff) != 0:
+                        bookout[datum] = []
+                        for sub in book.find(ns + datum):
+                            bookout[datum].append(sub.text)
+                    else:
+                        bookout[datum] = book.find(ns + datum).text
 
+                #date
+                elif t == 12:
+                    bookout[datum] = ""
+                    if book.find(ns + "year") != None:
+                        bookout[datum] += book.find(ns + "year").text
+                        if book.find(ns + "month") != None:
+                            bookout[datum] += "-" + book.find(ns + "month").text
+                            if book.find(ns + "day") != None:
+                                bookout[datum] += "-" + book.find(ns + "day").text
+
+                elif t == 6: #Number
+                    bookout[datum] = book.find(ns + datum).text
+                else:
+                    print(str(t) + ": " + datum)
+                    bookout[datum] = ""
+            else:
+                bookout[datum] = ""
         out.append(bookout.copy())
     return out.copy()
 
@@ -48,8 +73,8 @@ def main():
 @app.route("/book/<int:id>")
 def book(id):
     data = updateData();
-    book = next((item for item in data if item["id"] == id), {})
-    return render_template("book.html", book = book, names = names)
+    book = next((item for item in data if int(item["id"]) == id), {})
+    return render_template("book.html", book = book, fields = fields)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(debug=True, host='0.0.0.0')