From c8dbcd9b258b880f426fa8ddfbbe48767bfb508f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fred Boniface <fred@fjla.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:12:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Begin implementation of OwlBoard API Class

---
 src/main.py     |  5 -----
 src/owlboard.py | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/owlboard.py

diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index e0587c9..3d414b6 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ def main():
     out.write(json.dumps(schedule_cards, indent=4, default=str))
     out.close()
 
-    ## For each file in list, run get_schedule_card_data(filepath)
-    ## if returned value is not None, append to a list.  Once
-    ## complete, pass to a validation function, then into Git handling
-    ## function.
-
     
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
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diff --git a/src/owlboard.py b/src/owlboard.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d481d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/owlboard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import requests
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
+class APIConnectionError(Exception):
+    # API Connection has failed
+    pass
+
+## CONTANTS
+
+API_TEST_PATH = ""
+API_HEADCODE_PATH = ""
+API_TRAIN_UID_PATH = ""
+
+class OwlBoard_API_Connection:
+
+    def __init__(self, api_key, base_url):
+        self.api_key = api_key
+        self.base_url = base_url
+
+        self.request_headers = {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            'uuid': self.api_key
+        }
+
+        if not self.test_connection():
+            raise APIConnectionError(f"failed to connect to API at {self.base_url} with supplied API key")
+
+        
+    def test_connection(self):
+        try:
+            request_url = urljoin(self.base_url, API_TEST_PATH)
+            response = requests.get(request_url, headers=self.request_headers)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            return True
+        except requests.RequestException as e:
+          print(f"Connection rest failed: {e}")
+          return False
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