Moved construct_html_message into own class. Next step: additional method to create body.

test_tmdb.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import unittest
 from tmdb.tmdb_api import Movie, TvShow
-from tmdb.tmdb import TmdbBot
+from tmdb.tmdb import TmdbBot, MessageConstructor
 from tmdb.database import Database
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ class TestTmdbMethods(unittest.TestCase):
         movie = Movie()
         tmdb = TmdbBot("","" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" )
         movie.query_details('550')
-        message = tmdb.construct_html_message(movie, overview_length = 10)
+        constructor = MessageConstructor(movie)
+        constructor.overview_length = 10
+        message = constructor.construct_html_message()
         self.assertEqual(message, """<p><a href="https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/550"><b>Fight Club</b></a></p>
                            <p>A ticking- [...]</p>
                            <p>Acting: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter</p>
@@ -68,9 +70,9 @@ class TestTmdbMethods(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_search_year(self):
         movie = Movie()
         id = movie.search_title('Dune')
-        self.assertEqual(id, 841)
-        id = movie.search_title('Dune', 2020)
         self.assertEqual(id, 438631)
+        id = movie.search_title('Dune', 1984)
+        self.assertEqual(id, 841)
 
     def test_split_year(self):
         tmdb = TmdbBot("","" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" )

tmdb/tmdb.py

@@ -24,6 +24,32 @@ from maubot.handlers import command
 from tmdb.tmdb_api import TmdbApi, Movie, TvShow
 from tmdb.database import Database
 
+class MessageConstructor():
+    def __init__(self, movie : TmdbApi):
+        self.movie = movie
+        self.overview_length = 200
+        self.cast_length = 3
+    
+    def three_dotts(self):
+        if len(self.movie.overview) > self.overview_length:
+            return " [...]"
+        else:
+            return ""
+
+    def cast(self):
+        cast = "Acting: "
+        for actor in self.movie.cast[:self.cast_length]:
+            cast+= f'{actor}, '
+        return cast[:-2]
+
+    
+    def construct_html_message(self) -> str:
+        html_message = f"""<p><a href="{self.movie.web_url}"><b>{escape(self.movie.title)}</b></a></p>
+                           <p>{escape(self.movie.overview)[:self.overview_length]}{self.three_dotts()}</p>
+                           <p>{self.cast()}</p>
+                           <p>Taken from www.themoviedb.org</p>"""
+        return html_message
+
 
 class TmdbBot(Plugin):
     db: Database
@@ -81,22 +107,6 @@ class TmdbBot(Plugin):
             url=f"{mxc_uri}")
         await evt.respond(content)
 
-    def construct_html_message(self, movie, overview_length = 200, cast_length = 3) -> str:
-        if len(movie.overview) > overview_length:
-            three_dotts = " [...]"
-        else:
-            three_dotts = ""
-
-        cast = "Acting: "
-        for actor in movie.cast[:cast_length]:
-            cast+= f'{actor}, '
-        cast = cast[:-2]
-        html_message = f"""<p><a href="{movie.web_url}"><b>{escape(movie.title)}</b></a></p>
-                           <p>{escape(movie.overview)[:overview_length]}{three_dotts}</p>
-                           <p>{cast}</p>
-                           <p>Taken from www.themoviedb.org</p>"""
-        return html_message
-
     def split_title_year(self, message : str) -> (str, int):
         m = re.search(r'^(.*) (y:\d\d\d\d)', message)
         if m:
@@ -116,7 +126,8 @@ class TmdbBot(Plugin):
             movie.set_poster_size(size)
 
     async def send_movie_info(self, evt: MessageEvent, movie) -> None:
-        html_message = self.construct_html_message(movie)
+        constructor = MessageConstructor(movie)
+        html_message = constructor.construct_html_message()
         await self.send_html_message(evt, f'{movie.title}', html_message)
         await self.send_image(evt, movie.title, movie.get_image_binary())