Change arguments to AdminLog.log

Several keys of a monolithic dict are now discrete args

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/jimbrella/admin_log.py b/jimbrella/admin_log.py
index e30809e..d1c57c2 100644
--- a/jimbrella/admin_log.py
+++ b/jimbrella/admin_log.py
@@ -80,16 +80,21 @@ class AdminLog:
             f.close()
             return logs
 
-    def log(self, entry: dict) -> None:
-        """Serialize a log, and append it to the end of the log file."""
-        # wait until database is locked for this write
-        while not self.lockfile.lock():
-            continue
+    def log(self, event: str, entry: dict, date=None, note="") -> None:
+        """Serialize a log, and append it to the end of the log file.
+
+        Arguments:
+        event   | one of the events defined in the class docstring.
+        entry   | information pertaining to the log entry.
+        date    | if is None, defaults to `datetime.now()`.
+        note    | optional note.
+        """
+        self.lockfile.lock()
 
         with open(self.path, "a") as f:  # append only
             writer = csv.writer(f)
-            event = entry["event"]
-            line = [event, entry["date"].isoformat()]
+            date = date or datetime.now()
+            line = [event, date.isoformat()]
             info = []
             if event in ("TAKEAWAY", "GIVEBACK", "OVERDUE"):
                 info = [
@@ -115,7 +120,7 @@ class AdminLog:
                 ]
 
             line.extend(info)
-            line.append(entry["note"])
+            line.append(note)
             writer.writerow(line)
 
             f.close()