Refactor database operations and move helpers to separate package

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.db
+*.sqlite

helpers/dbHelpers.go

@@ -1 +1,59 @@
 package helpers
+
+import (
+	"CatsOfMastodonBotGo/models"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+)
+
+func GetExistingPostIds(db *gorm.DB) []string {
+	var existingPostIds []string
+	db.Model(&models.Post{}).Pluck("id", &existingPostIds)
+	return existingPostIds
+}
+
+func GetExistingAccountIds(db *gorm.DB) []string {
+	var existingAccountIds []string
+	db.Model(&models.Account{}).Pluck("acc_id", &existingAccountIds)
+	return existingAccountIds
+}
+
+func GetNewPosts(existingPostIds []string, posts []models.Post) []models.Post {
+	var newPosts []models.Post = nil
+	for _, post := range posts {
+		if !arrayContains(existingPostIds, post.ID) {
+			newPosts = append(newPosts, post)
+		}
+	}
+	return newPosts
+}
+
+func GetNewAccounts(existingAccountIds []string, posts []models.Post) []models.Account {
+	var newAccounts []models.Account = nil
+	for _, post := range posts {
+		if !arrayContains(existingAccountIds, post.Account.AccId) {
+			newAccounts = append(newAccounts, post.Account)
+		}
+	}
+	return newAccounts
+}
+
+func InsertNewPosts(db *gorm.DB, newPosts []models.Post) int{
+	return int(db.Create(&newPosts).RowsAffected)
+}
+
+func InsertNewAccounts(db *gorm.DB, newAccounts []models.Account) int{
+	return int(db.Create(&newAccounts).RowsAffected)
+}
+
+func arrayContains(arr []string, str string) bool {
+	for _, a := range arr {
+		if a == str {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+
+
+

main.go

@@ -6,19 +6,18 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"log"
 	"time"
-
 	"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	var tag = "cat"
+	var tag = "catsofmastodon"
 	var instance = "https://haminoa.net"
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 	err, posts := helpers.GetPosts(ctx, tag, instance)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		panic(err)
 	}
 	log.Println("Number of fetched posts: ", len(posts))
 
@@ -30,40 +29,23 @@ func main() {
 	// Migrate the schema
 	db.AutoMigrate(&models.Post{}, &models.MediaAttachment{}, &models.Account{})
 
-	var existingAccounts []string
-	var existingPosts []string
-	db.Model(&models.Account{}).Pluck("acc_id", &existingAccounts)
-	db.Model(&models.Post{}).Pluck("id", &existingPosts)
-	log.Println("Number of existing accounts in the database: ", len(existingAccounts))
-	log.Println("Number of existing posts in the database: ", len(existingPosts))
+	var existingPostIds = helpers.GetExistingPostIds(db)
+	var existingAccountIds = helpers.GetExistingAccountIds(db)
+	var newAccounts = helpers.GetNewAccounts(existingAccountIds, posts)
+	var newPosts = helpers.GetNewPosts(existingPostIds, posts)
 
-	var newPosts []models.Post = nil
-	for _, post := range posts {
-
-		if !arrayContains(existingPosts, post.ID) {
-			newPosts = append(newPosts, post)
-		}
-
-	}
+	log.Println("Number of existing posts: ", len(existingPostIds))
+	log.Println("Number of existing accounts: ", len(existingAccountIds))
 	log.Println("Number of new posts: ", len(newPosts))
-
-	var newAccounts []models.Account = nil
-	accountSet := make(map[string]bool)
-	for _, post := range newPosts {
-		if _, value := accountSet[post.Account.AccId]; !value {
-			accountSet[post.Account.AccId] = true
-			newAccounts = append(newAccounts, post.Account)
-		}
-	}
 	log.Println("Number of new accounts: ", len(newAccounts))
 
 	if newAccounts != nil {
-		db.Create(&newAccounts)
+		log.Println("Number of inserted accounts: ", db.Create(&newAccounts).RowsAffected)
 	} else {
 		log.Println("No new accounts inserted")
 	}
 	if newPosts != nil {
-		db.Create(&newPosts)
+		log.Println("Number of inserted posts: ", db.Create(&newPosts).RowsAffected)
 	} else {
 		log.Println("No new posts inserted")
 	}