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shopdb-flask/plugins/guides/plugin.py
cproudlock 2ad2bd1b90 Sidebar sections are DECLARED, not guessed from a position number
The section headings were derived from position ranges: 10-29 became Assets,
30-49 became Information. A number is for ORDER; it was never a statement about
meaning, and using it as one meant a plugin landed in whichever bucket its
number happened to fall in.

That is how USB Devices - an asset - came to sit under Information beside
GE-Enforce and Tech Tools, and 3D Parts with it. Nobody chose that. It also
meant two plugins picking the same number silently reordered each other:
Warranties and Guides both held 8, the tie broke on plugin load order, and
Guides rendered under Warranties rather than under Slides where it was asked to
go. Warranties moves to 9.

Each nav item now names its section and the renderer groups by what was
declared. An item with no section stays in the unlabelled group at the top,
which is the safe default: it appears, it is simply not filed.

Assets gains USB Devices and 3D Parts. GE-Enforce and Tech Tools move to a new
Fleet section - they are neither assets nor reference material, and calling them
Information was only ever an artefact of their position numbers.

Also: sorting used `position || 99`, and 0 is falsy in JavaScript, so Dashboard -
the only item that uses 0 - sorted to the end of its own group.
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"""Guides plugin.
Step-by-step procedures written and read inside ShopDB: images, working
checklists, dark mode and printable output, with drafts and revision history.
Distinct from the knowledgebase plugin, which is a LINK REGISTRY - a
description, a URL and keywords pointing at a document held somewhere else.
This holds the document. They share a tag vocabulary on purpose, so one search
can cover both.
"""
import json
import logging
from pathlib import Path
from typing import List, Dict, Optional, Type
from flask import Flask, Blueprint
from shopdb.plugins.base import BasePlugin, PluginMeta
from .models import Guide, GuideRevision, GuideImage
from .api import guides_bp
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class GuidesPlugin(BasePlugin):
def __init__(self):
self._manifest = self._load_manifest()
def _load_manifest(self) -> Dict:
manifest_path = Path(__file__).parent / 'manifest.json'
if manifest_path.exists():
with open(manifest_path, 'r') as fh:
return json.load(fh)
return {}
@property
def meta(self) -> PluginMeta:
return PluginMeta(
name=self._manifest.get('name', 'guides'),
version=self._manifest.get('version', '1.0.0'),
description=self._manifest.get('description', 'Step-by-step guides'),
author=self._manifest.get('author', 'ShopDB Team'),
dependencies=self._manifest.get('dependencies', []),
core_version=self._manifest.get('core_version', '>=0.1.0,<1.0.0'),
api_prefix=self._manifest.get('api_prefix', '/api/guides'),
)
def get_blueprint(self) -> Optional[Blueprint]:
return guides_bp
def get_models(self) -> List[Type]:
return [Guide, GuideRevision, GuideImage]
def get_permissions(self) -> List:
"""Five permissions, and the split between the last two is the point.
publish is separate from edit so a technician can write up a procedure
while somebody else decides it is fit for the floor. Without that split,
anyone who can fix a typo can also put an unreviewed procedure in front
of an operator.
create without edit is a working combination on purpose: an author may
edit their OWN guide while it is unpublished, and needs guides.edit once
other people are following it (see _mayedit in the API).
"""
return [
('guides.view', 'View guides', 'guides'),
('guides.create', 'Create guides and edit your own drafts', 'guides'),
('guides.edit', 'Edit any guide, including published ones', 'guides'),
('guides.publish', 'Publish or withdraw a guide', 'guides'),
('guides.delete', 'Delete guides', 'guides'),
]
def get_navigation_items(self) -> List[Dict]:
# Position 8, directly under Slides (7), rather than down in the
# Information section with the reference lists. A guide is something you
# go and DO something with, like a slide deck you put on a screen - not
# a catalogue you look things up in.
#
# Warranties held 8 as well, and a TIE is broken by plugin load order,
# so Guides landed underneath it and read as "not under Slides at all".
# Warranties moved to 9. Two nav items sharing a position is not a
# preference, it is a coin toss.
return [
{
'name': 'Guides',
'icon': 'book-open',
'route': '/guides',
'position': 8,
},
]
def init_app(self, app: Flask, db_instance) -> None:
logger.info('Guides plugin initialized (v%s)', self.meta.version)