Basic database operations

blog

@@ -1,9 +1,54 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env raku
+use v6.e.PREVIEW;
 
 use DB;
 
-my $example-post = DB::MarkdownPost.new:
-    source => "../Idris/advent/src/Util/Digits.md".IO,
-    posted-at => DateTime.now;
+my %*SUB-MAIN-OPTS =
+    :named-anywhere,
+    :bundling,
+;
 
-say $example-post.title;
+my IO::Path:D $blog-dir = $*PROGRAM.dirname.IO.dirname.IO;
+#= The directory this script is located in
+
+#| Load the database from the provided file
+sub load-db(IO::Path $file --> DB::PostDB:D) {
+    my $result = DB::PostDB.from-json: $file.slurp;
+    if $result ~~ DB::PostDB:D {
+        return $result;
+    } else {
+        die "Error parsing $file as databse: $result";
+    }
+}
+
+#| Initalize the database
+multi MAIN(
+    "db",
+    "init",
+    #| The path of the database file
+    IO::Path :$file = $blog-dir.add("db.json"),
+    #| Overwrite an already existing database file
+    Bool :$force
+) {
+    die "Database file already exists, use --force to overwrite: {$file.Str}"
+    if $file.e && !$force;
+
+    my $db = DB::PostDB.new;
+
+    if $force {
+        $file.spurt: $db.to-json, :create-only;
+    } else {
+        $file.spurt: $db.to-json;
+    }
+}
+
+#| Ensure that the database loads, erroring otherwise
+multi MAIN(
+    "db",
+    "verify",
+    #| The path of the database file
+    IO::Path :$file = $blog-dir.add("db.json"),
+) {
+    load-db $file;
+    say "Database OK";
+}

lib/DB.rakumod

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+use v6.e.PREVIEW;
+
 #| Post database
 unit module DB;
 
 use Pandoc;
+use JSON::Class:auth<zef:vrurg>;
 
 #| Shared post meta-data
-role Post {
+role Post is json {
     #| The location of the source file for the post
     has IO::Path:D $.source is required;
     #| The time to display for the creation of the post
@@ -18,9 +21,26 @@ role Post {
 }
 
 #| A plain markdown post
-class MarkdownPost does Post {
+class MarkdownPost does Post is json {
+    #| Marker for disambiguation between post types in json representation, the
+    #| cheaty way
+    has Bool:D $.markdown = True;
 
     method title(--> Str:D) {
         markdown-title($!source)
     }
 }
+
+# #| A literate idris post in markdown format
+# class IdrisPost does Post {
+
+#     method title(--> Str:D) {
+#         markdown-title($!source)
+#     }
+# }
+
+#| The top level posts database
+class PostDB is json(:pretty) {
+   #| The inner list of posts
+   has Post:D @.posts = [];
+}