Module: host

This module provides objects used to retrieve hosts, host information and host details from a copy of the Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! Stats database.

Host

class wwdtm.host.Host(connect_dict=None, database_connection=None)

Host information retrieval class.

Contains methods used to retrieve host information, including IDs, names, slug strings and appearances.

Parameters:

• connect_dict (dict[str, Any]) – A dictionary containing database connection settings as required by MySQL Connector/Python

• database_connection (MySQLConnection | PooledMySQLConnection) – MySQL database connection object

retrieve_all()

Retrieves host information for all hosts.

Returns:

A list of dictionaries containing host ID, name, slug string and gender for each host

Return type:

list[dict[str, int | str]]

retrieve_all_details()

Retrieves host information and appearances for all hosts.

Returns:

A list of dictionaries containing host ID, name, slug string, gender and a list of appearances with show flags for each host

Return type:

list[dict[str, Any]]

retrieve_all_ids()

Retrieves all host IDs, sorted by host name.

Returns:

A list of host IDs as integers

Return type:

list[int]

retrieve_all_slugs()

Retrieves all host slug strings, sorted by host name.

Returns:

A list of host slug strings

Return type:

list[str]

retrieve_by_id(host_id)

Retrieves host information.

Parameters:

host_id (int) – Host ID

Returns:

A dictionary containing host ID, name, gender and slug string

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

retrieve_by_slug(host_slug)

Retrieves host information.

Parameters:

host_slug (str) – Host slug string

Returns:

A dictionary containing host ID, name, gender and slug string

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

retrieve_details_by_id(host_id)

Retrieves host information and appearances.

Parameters:

host_id (int) – Host ID

Returns:

A dictionary containing host ID, name, gender, slug string and a list of appearances with show flags

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

retrieve_details_by_slug(host_slug)

Retrieves host information and appearances.

Parameters:

host_slug (str) – Host slug string

Returns:

A dictionary containing host ID, name, slug string and a list of appearances with show flags

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

HostAppearances

class wwdtm.host.HostAppearances(connect_dict=None, database_connection=None)

Host appearance information retrieval class.

Contains methods used to retrieve host appearance information, including show flags.

Parameters:

• connect_dict (dict[str, Any]) – A dictionary containing database connection settings as required by MySQL Connector/Python

• database_connection (MySQLConnection | PooledMySQLConnection) – MySQL database connection object

retrieve_appearances_by_id(host_id)

Retrieves host appearance information.

Parameters:

host_id (int) – Host ID

Returns:

A dictionary containing host appearances with corresponding show dates and Best Of or Repeat show flags

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

retrieve_appearances_by_slug(host_slug)

Retrieves host appearance information.

Parameters:

host_slug (str) – Host slug string

Returns:

A dictionary containing host appearances with corresponding show dates and Best Of or Repeat show flags

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

HostUtility

class wwdtm.host.HostUtility(connect_dict=None, database_connection=None)

Host information and utilities class.

Contains methods used to convert between host ID and slug strings, and to check if host IDs and slug strings exist.

Parameters:

• connect_dict (dict[str, Any]) – A dictionary containing database connection settings as required by MySQL Connector/Python

• database_connection (MySQLConnection | PooledMySQLConnection) – MySQL database connection object

convert_id_to_slug(host_id)

Converts a host ID to the corresponding host slug string.

Parameters:

host_id (int) – Host ID

Returns:

Host slug string if a corresponding value is found. Otherwise, None is returned

Return type:

str | None

convert_slug_to_id(host_slug)

Converts a host slug string to the corresponding host ID.

Parameters:

host_slug (str) – Host slug string

Returns:

Host ID as an integer if a corresponding value is found. Otherwise, None is returned

Return type:

int | None

id_exists(host_id)

Validates if a host ID exists.

Parameters:

host_id (int) – Host ID

Returns:

True if the ID exists, otherwise False

Return type:

bool

slug_exists(host_slug)

Validates if a host slug string exists.

Parameters:

host_slug (str) – Host slug string

Returns:

True if the slug string exists, otherwise False

Return type:

bool