From 421d87ffe2b05674cce5dc61a00c16df05e761de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Wade <gigatech55@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 23:59:59 +1030
Subject: [PATCH] Cache FAAPI instance in scraper example

---
 FAAPI/FaveScraper.py | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/FAAPI/FaveScraper.py b/FAAPI/FaveScraper.py
index 9f6fd97..a3e2fa1 100755
--- a/FAAPI/FaveScraper.py
+++ b/FAAPI/FaveScraper.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import multiprocessing
 
 import requests
+import shelve
 
 from FAAPI import FAAPI
 
@@ -20,11 +21,20 @@ def download(url: str):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Get an API instance
-    api = FAAPI()
+    shelf = shelve.open('api.shelf')
+    try:
+        api = shelf['api'] if 'api' in shelf.keys() else FAAPI()
+    except:
+        api = FAAPI()
+        shelf['api'] = api
 
     # Log in
     api.login()
 
+    # Save the API
+    shelf['api'] = api
+    shelf.close()
+
     # Get the user we've authenticated as
     user = api.get_user(api.username)
     if not user: