move addAnswer logic into functions

app.py

@@ -436,27 +436,7 @@ def addAnswer():
     if not answer:
         abort(400, "Missing 'answer' attribute or 'answer' is empty")
 
-    conn = func.connectToDb()
+    return func.addAnswer(question_id, answer, cw)
-    try:
-        cursor = conn.cursor()
-
-        app.logger.debug("[CatAsk/API/add_answer] INSERT'ing an answer into database")
-
-        cursor.execute("INSERT INTO answers (question_id, content, cw) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)", (question_id, answer, cw))
-        answer_id = cursor.lastrowid
-
-        app.logger.debug("[CatAsk/API/add_answer] UPDATE'ing question to set answered and answer_id")
-
-        cursor.execute("UPDATE questions SET answered=%s, answer_id=%s WHERE id=%s", (True, answer_id, question_id))
-        conn.commit()
-    except Exception as e:
-        conn.rollback()
-        return jsonify({'error': str(e)}), 500
-    finally:
-        cursor.close()
-        conn.close()
-
-    return jsonify({'message': 'Answer added successfully!'}), 201
 
 # -- uploaders --
 

functions.py

@@ -206,13 +206,36 @@ def getAnswer(question_id: int):
     conn.close()
     return answer
 
+def addAnswer(question_id, answer, cw):
+    conn = connectToDb()
+    try:
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+
+        app.logger.debug("[CatAsk/API/add_answer] INSERT'ing an answer into database")
+
+        cursor.execute("INSERT INTO answers (question_id, content, cw) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)", (question_id, answer, cw))
+        answer_id = cursor.lastrowid
+
+        app.logger.debug("[CatAsk/API/add_answer] UPDATE'ing question to set answered and answer_id")
+
+        cursor.execute("UPDATE questions SET answered=%s, answer_id=%s WHERE id=%s", (True, answer_id, question_id))
+        conn.commit()
+    except Exception as e:
+        conn.rollback()
+        return jsonify({'error': str(e)}), 500
+    finally:
+        cursor.close()
+        conn.close()
+
+    return jsonify({'message': 'Answer added successfully!'}), 201
+
 def readPlainFile(file, split=False):
     if os.path.exists(file):
         with open(file, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as file:
-            if split == False:
+            if split:
-                return file.read()
-            if split == True:
                 return file.read().splitlines()
+            else:
+                return file.read()
     else:
         return []