method-breakdown.md

Methods Breakdown

What is in the request object?

• kind, string, will be a set number of values, like "HTTP URL", "Description", "IPFS Hash", etc
• value, string, stores the value associated with the request. For example, if kind is "description", then value could be "Calculus textbook written by Joe Smith"
• user, own object, contains thier username (and password?) that the request is associated with
• date, date object, the date and time in the object
• download status, string, probably "true", "false" or "downloading"
• file_location, string (or file?), where the file has been downloaded to.

We could add things like file size, priotity, etc.

add_request(type, value, user)

Written by Will, called by Nick. The will create a request object and store the data in a database or CSV file. Could make more complicated with fully defined data structure.

get_all_requests()

Written by Will, called by Jake in download_all_requests(). This will return a list of request objects from the database.

download_all_requests()

Could be called by Nick, Written by Jake. This will call get_all_requests() and actually execute the reqeuest. After it is done downloading, will call update_request(status, location). This will update the location of the download and the status of the download.

update_request(status, location)

Written by Will, called by Jake. This will update the location of the download and the status of that request and write that to the database.