Module: guest

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

Guest

class wwdtm.guest.Guest(connect_dict=None, database_connection=None)

Guest information retrieval class.

Contains methods used to retrieve Not My Job guest information, including IDs, names, slug strings, appearances and scores.

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 guest information for all guests.

Returns:

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

Return type:

list[dict[str, int | str]]

retrieve_all_details()

Retrieves guest information and appearances for all guests.

Returns:

A list of dictionaries containing guest ID, name, slug string, and a list of appearances with show flags, scores and scoring exceptions

Return type:

list[dict[str, Any]]

retrieve_all_ids()

Retrieves all guest IDs, sorted by guest name.

Returns:

A list of guest IDs as integers

Return type:

list[int]

retrieve_all_slugs()

Retrieves all guest slug strings, sorted by guest name.

Returns:

A list of guest slug strings

Return type:

list[str]

retrieve_by_id(guest_id)

Retrieves guest information.

Parameters:

guest_id (int) – Guest ID

Returns:

A dictionary containing guest ID, name and slug string

Return type:

dict[str, int | str]

retrieve_by_slug(guest_slug)

Retrieves guest information.

Parameters:

guest_slug (str) – Guest slug string

Returns:

A dictionary containing guest ID, name and slug string

Return type:

dict[str, int | str]

retrieve_details_by_id(guest_id)

Retrieves guest information and appearances.

Parameters:

guest_id (int) – Guest ID

Returns:

A dictionary containing guest ID, name, slug string, list of appearances with show flags, scores and scoring exceptions

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

retrieve_details_by_slug(guest_slug)

Retrieves guest information and appearances.

Parameters:

guest_slug (str) – Guest slug string

Returns:

A dictionary containing guest ID, name, slug string, list of appearances with show flags, scores and scoring exceptions

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

GuestAppearances

class wwdtm.guest.GuestAppearances(connect_dict=None, database_connection=None)

Guest appearance information retrieval class.

Contains methods used to retrieve Not My Job guest appearance information, scores and scoring exceptions.

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(guest_id)

Retrieves guest appearance information.

Parameters:

guest_id (int) – Guest ID

Returns:

A dictionary containing guest appearances with corresponding show dates, Best Of or Repeat show flags, score and score exception flag

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

retrieve_appearances_by_slug(guest_slug)

Retrieves guest appearance information.

Parameters:

guest_slug (str) – Guest slug string

Returns:

A dictionary containing guest appearances with corresponding show dates, Best Of or Repeat show flags, score and score exception flag

Return type:

dict[str, Any]

GuestUtility

class wwdtm.guest.GuestUtility(connect_dict=None, database_connection=None)

Guest information and utilities class.

Contains methods used to convert between guest ID and slug strings, and to check if guest 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(guest_id)

Converts a guest ID to the corresponding guest slug string.

Parameters:

guest_id (int) – Guest ID

Returns:

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

Return type:

str | None

convert_slug_to_id(guest_slug)

Converts a guest slug string to the corresponding guest ID.

Parameters:

guest_slug (str) – Guest slug string

Returns:

Guest ID if a corresponding value is found. Otherwise, None is returned

Return type:

int | None

id_exists(guest_id)

Validates if a guest ID exists.

Parameters:

guest_id (int) – Guest ID

Returns:

True if the ID exists, otherwise False

Return type:

bool

slug_exists(guest_slug)

Validates if a guest slug string exists.

Parameters:

guest_slug (str) – Guest slug string

Returns:

True if the slug string exists, otherwise False

Return type:

bool