Fix PIS inefficiencies and save output to file for debug purposes

helpers/config.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version Constants
-const versionNum string = "2024.11.1"
+const versionNum string = "2024.11.2"
 const versionSuffix string = ""
 const Version string = versionNum + versionSuffix
 

pis/update.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package pis
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"compress/gzip"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func runUpdate(tarballUrl string) error {
 	}
 	log.Info("Loaded PIS Files to Slice")
 
-	fmt.Println(&pisSlice)
+	DEBUG_saveSliceToFile(*pisSlice, "pis_out.json")
 	/*
 		err = dbAccess.DropCollection(dbAccess.PisCollection)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -197,3 +198,24 @@ func cleanupFiles(paths ...string) {
 	}
 	log.Info("Removed PIS Release files")
 }
+
+// Saves pisSlice to file
+func DEBUG_saveSliceToFile(pisSlice interface{}, filename string) error {
+	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(pisSlice, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error marshalling slice to JSON: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.Create(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating file: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	_, err = file.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error writing JSON to file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}