Updated feedUpdate method

main.py

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ class shows(db.Model):
     podcastID = db.Column(db.Integer)
     userID = db.Column(db.Integer)
     link = db.Column(db.Text)
-    started = db.Column(db.Boolean)
-    position = db.Column(db.Text)
+    started = db.Column(db.Boolean, default=0)
+    position = db.Column(db.Text, default=0)
 
 
 class podcasts(db.Model):
@@ -43,48 +43,41 @@ def login():
     password = 'password'
 
     try:
-        user = Users.query.filter_by(username=username).first()
+        user = users.query.filter_by(username=username).first()
     except:
         jsonify({'message': 'Login Failed'})
     return jsonify(userid=user.userID)
 
 
-@app.route('/updateFeeds/<int:userID>/', methods={'GET'})
+@app.route('/updateFeeds/<int:userID>/', methods={'POST'})
 def updateFeeds(userID):
     showCheck = []
     updatedShows = []
 
 
 # grabs podcast urls from logged in user
-    query = db.sql.text("""select URL, podcastID, title from Podcasts where userID = %i""" % userID)
-    shows = db.con.execute(query).fetchall()
+    pc = podcasts.query.filter_by(userID=userID).all()
 
     # loops through the returned urls and parses each rss feed
-    y = 0
-    for x in shows:
-        # Here we're grabbing all the show urls for each podcast and moving them into a separate array.
-        query = db.sql.text("""select link from Shows where userID = %i and podcastID = %i""" % (userID, shows[y][1]))
-        showGrab = db.con.execute(query).fetchall()
-        z = 0
-        for each in showGrab:
-            showCheck.append(showGrab[z][0])
-            z = z + 1
-
-        parsed = fp.parse(shows[y][0])
+    for show in pc:
+        parsed = fp.parse(show.URL)
+        query = shows.query.filter_by(podcastID=show.podcastID).all()
+        for x in query:
+            showCheck.append(x.link)
         count = 0
         for items in parsed['entries']:
             url = parsed.entries[count].enclosures[0].get('href')
 # after parsing out the show URL we check if it already exists by comparing it against the showCheck array containing all show URLs
             if url not in showCheck:
-                query = db.sql.text("""insert into Shows (podcastID, userID, link) values (%i, %i, \"%s\")""" % (
-                shows[y][1], userID, url))
-                db.con.execute(query)
-                updatedShows.append(shows[y][2])
+                query = shows(podcastID=show.podcastID, userID=userID, link=url)
+                db.session.add(query)
+                db.session.commit()
+                updatedShows.append(show.title)
             else:
                 continue
             count = count + 1
-        y = y + 1
-        showCheck = []  # Clear out the array for the next podcast
+# Clear out the array for the next podcast
+        showCheck = []
     return jsonify(updatedShows)