- add retry logic to library get

- UI bug fix when no library yet
- publishing related xml added to data and UI projects
- 'how to publish' notes

DataLayer/DataLayer.csproj

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Update="appsettings.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
 

InternalUtilities/InternalUtilities.csproj

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Polly" Version="7.1.1" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\audible api\AudibleApi\AudibleApi\AudibleApi.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FileManager\FileManager.csproj" />

InternalUtilities/UNTESTED/AudibleApiActions.cs

@@ -5,26 +5,25 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using AudibleApi;
 using AudibleApiDTOs;
 using FileManager;
+using Polly;
+using Polly.Retry;
 
 namespace InternalUtilities
 {
 	public class AudibleApiActions
 	{
+		private AsyncRetryPolicy policy { get; }
+			= Policy.Handle<Exception>()
+			// 2 retries == 3 total
+			.RetryAsync(2);
+
 		public async Task<List<Item>> GetAllLibraryItemsAsync(ILoginCallback callback)
 		{
 			// bug on audible's side. the 1st time after a long absence, a query to get library will return without titles or authors. a subsequent identical query will be successful. this is true whether or tokens are refreshed
 			// worse, this 1st dummy call doesn't seem to help:
 			//    var page = await api.GetLibraryAsync(new AudibleApi.LibraryOptions { NumberOfResultPerPage = 1, PageNumber = 1, PurchasedAfter = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-20), ResponseGroups = AudibleApi.LibraryOptions.ResponseGroupOptions.ALL_OPTIONS });
 			// i don't want to incur the cost of making a full dummy call every time because it fails sometimes
-
-			try
-			{
-				return await getItemsAsync(callback);
-			}
-			catch
-			{
-				return await getItemsAsync(callback);
-			}
+			return await policy.ExecuteAsync(() => getItemsAsync(callback));
 		}
 
 		private async Task<List<Item>> getItemsAsync(ILoginCallback callback)

LibationWinForm/LibationWinForm.csproj

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <ApplicationIcon>libation.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <AssemblyName>Libation</AssemblyName>
+
+    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
+    <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
+    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

LibationWinForm/UNTESTED/Form1.cs

@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ namespace LibationWinForm
             pdfsCountsLbl_Format = pdfsCountsLbl.Text;
             visibleCountLbl_Format = visibleCountLbl.Text;
 
-            beginBookBackupsToolStripMenuItem_format = beginBookBackupsToolStripMenuItem.Text;
+			beginBookBackupsToolStripMenuItem_format = beginBookBackupsToolStripMenuItem.Text;
             beginPdfBackupsToolStripMenuItem_format = beginPdfBackupsToolStripMenuItem.Text;
         }
 
         private async void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
-        {
-            // call static ctor. There are bad race conditions if static ctor is first executed when we're running in parallel in setBackupCountsAsync()
-            var foo = FilePathCache.JsonFile;
+		{
+			// call static ctor. There are bad race conditions if static ctor is first executed when we're running in parallel in setBackupCountsAsync()
+			var foo = FilePathCache.JsonFile;
 
 			// load default/missing cover images. this will also initiate the background image downloader
 			var format = System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg;
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ namespace LibationWinForm
 			PictureStorage.SetDefaultImage(PictureSize._300x300, Properties.Resources.default_cover_300x300.ToBytes(format));
 			PictureStorage.SetDefaultImage(PictureSize._500x500, Properties.Resources.default_cover_500x500.ToBytes(format));
 
+			setVisibleCount(null, 0);
+
 			reloadGrid();
 
             // also applies filter. ONLY call AFTER loading grid

REFERENCE.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,29 @@ v3.0.1 : Legacy inAudible wire-up code is still present but is commented out. Al
 v3.0 : This version is fully powered by the Audible API. Legacy scraping code is still present but is commented out. All future check-ins are not guaranteed to have any scraping code
 -- end VERSIONING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+-- begin HOW TO PUBLISH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+OPTION 1: UI
+rt-clk project > Publish...
+click Publish
+
+OPTION 2: cmd line
+change dir to folder containing project
+  cd C:\[full...path]\Libation\LibationWinForm
+this will use the parameters specified in csproj
+dotnet publish -c Release
+
+OPTION 3: cmd line, custom
+open csproj
+remove: PublishTrimmed, PublishReadyToRun, PublishSingleFile, RuntimeIdentifier
+run customized publish. examples:
+publish all platforms
+  dotnet publish -c Release
+publish win64 platform only
+  dotnet publish -r win-x64 -c Release
+publish win64 platform, single-file
+  dotnet publish -r win-x64 -c Release /p:PublishSingleFile=true
+-- end HOW TO PUBLISH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 -- begin AUDIBLE DETAILS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 alternate book id (eg BK_RAND_006061) is called 'sku' , 'sku_lite' , 'prod_id' , 'product_id' in different parts of the site
 -- end AUDIBLE DETAILS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

_DB_NOTES.txt

@@ -29,36 +29,13 @@ since we have mult contexts, must use -context:
 		Update-Database -context LibationContext
 
 
-QUICK VIEW
-==========
-declare @productId nvarchar(450) = 'B075Y4SWJ8'
-  declare @bookId int
-  declare @catId int
-  select @bookId = b.BookId from Books b where b.AudibleProductId = @productId
-  select @catId = b.CategoryId from Books b where b.AudibleProductId = @productId
-select * from Books b where b.AudibleProductId = @productId
-select *
-  from BookContributor bc
-  join Contributors c on bc.ContributorId = c.ContributorId
-  where bc.BookId = @bookId order by role, [order]
-select *
-  from SeriesBook sb
-  join Series s on sb.SeriesId = s.SeriesId
-  where sb.BookId = @bookId
-select *
-  from Categories c1
-  left join Categories c2 on c1.ParentCategoryCategoryId = c2.CategoryId
-  where c1.CategoryId = @catId
-
-
 ERROR
 =====
 Add-Migration : The term 'Add-Migration' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program
 
 SOLUTION
 --------
-dependencies > manage nuget packages
-add: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools
+add nuget pkg: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools
 
 
 SQLite

__TODO.txt

@@ -1,18 +1,32 @@
 -- begin BETA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OLD WEB DOWNLOADER
-- download logic in DownloadPdf should look more like DownloadBook
+download logic in DownloadPdf should look more like DownloadBook
 
-TESTING
-possible bug: no mdf,ldf files created in C:\Users\[username]
+TESTING BUG
+dbl clk. long pause. exception:
+System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (2): The system cannot find the file specified.
+"continue" button allows me to keep using
+bottom #s do not update
+login succeeded. IdentityTokens.json successfully created
+received above error again during scan. continue
+stuck on scan. force quit from task manager
+only files:
+  Images -- empty dir
+  IdentityTokens.json -- populated
+no mdf, ldf
+
+REPLACE DB
+need completely need db? replace LocalDb with sqlite? embedded document nosql?
+
+CREATE INSTALLER
+see REFERENCE.txt > HOW TO PUBLISH
 
 RELEASE TO BETA
-- Create release version and installer
-  https://dotnetcoretutorials.com/2019/06/20/publishing-a-single-exe-file-in-net-core-3-0/
-- Warn of known performance issues
-  - Library import
-  - Tag add/edit
-  - Grid is slow to respond loading when books aren't liberated
-  - get decrypt key -- unavoidable
+Warn of known performance issues
+- Library import
+- Tag add/edit
+- Grid is slow to respond loading when books aren't liberated
+- get decrypt key -- unavoidable
 -- end BETA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 -- begin ENHANCEMENT, IMPORT UI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -90,8 +104,12 @@ replace complex config saving throughout with new way in my ConsoleDependencyInj
 all settings should be strongly typed
 re-create my shortcuts and bak
 
+for appsettings.json to get copied in the single-file release, project must incl <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true
+
 multiple files named "appsettings.json" will overwrite each other
-libraries should avoid this generic name. ok for applications to use them
+libraries should avoid this generic name. in general: ok for applications to use them
+there are exceptions: datalayer has appsettings which is copied to winform. if winform uses appsettings also, it will override datalayer's
+
 
 Audible API
 \AudibleApi\_Tests\AudibleApi.Tests\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\L1