made sure that the filecache keeps is not removed when auction refresh fails

app.py

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 from utils.helperutils import log
 from traceback import print_exc
 from flask import Flask, jsonify
-from flask_cors import CORS, cross_origin
-import requests
+from flask_cors import CORS
 from cache import Cache
-from utils.auctionutils import getTwkAuctions, getAuctionlocations
-from utils.locationutils import getGeoLocationByCity
+from utils.auctionutils import  getAuctionlocations
 from models.location import JsonEncoder
 
 app = Flask(__name__)

cache.py

@@ -41,28 +41,31 @@ class CacheObj:
   
       
 class FileCache():
-  def get(key, notOlderThanHours = 24):
+  def get(key, notOlderThanHours = None):
       
       filepath = "./filecache/" + key + ".json"
       cachefile = Path(filepath)
       if cachefile.is_file():
         ti_m = os.path.getmtime(filepath)
+
+        if(notOlderThanHours is not None):
             #checks last modified age of file, and removes it if it is too old
             log('checking time cachefile ' + filepath + ': ' + str(ti_m) + " < " + str(time.time() - (3600 * notOlderThanHours)))
+
             if( ti_m < time.time() - (3600 * notOlderThanHours)):
                 log('removing old filecache')
-          os.remove(filepath);
-          return None;
+                os.remove(filepath)
+                return None
         
         with open(filepath) as json_file:
-          json_data = json.load(json_file);
+          json_data = json.load(json_file)
           log('returning json data from cachefile: ' + key)
-          return json_data;
+          return json_data
         
       return None
 
   def add(key, obj):
-        log('adding filecacheobject ' + key);
+        log('adding filecacheobject ' + key)
         json_data = JsonEncoder().encode(obj)
         with open("./filecache/" + key + ".json", 'w') as f:
           f.write(json_data)

runapi.py

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-import requests
+# import requests
+from utils.auctionutils import getAuctionlocations
 
-response = requests.get('https://api.auctionviewer.ikbenhenk.nl//v2/auction/NL')
-if(response.status_code ==200):
+try:
+  getAuctionlocations('NL', True)
   print('ran getauctions request successfull')  
-else:
+except Exception as e: 
    print('A error occurred while running the getauctions request')
+   print(e)
+
+
+# response = requests.get('https://api.auctionviewer.ikbenhenk.nl//v2/auction/NL')
+# if(response.status_code ==200):
+#   print('ran getauctions request successfull')  
+# else:
+#   print('A error occurred while running the getauctions request')  

utils/auctionutils.py

@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import re
 import math
 
-def getAuctionlocations(countrycode: Countrycode):
+def getAuctionlocations(countrycode: Countrycode, clearcache:bool = False):
     cachename = 'allauctions_' + countrycode
 
-    res = FileCache.get(cachename, 23)
+    if(clearcache):
+        res = FileCache.get(cachename, 1)
+    else:
+       res = FileCache.get(cachename)
 
     if(res): 
       return res