More work on deletion: get some feedback

Author: hillwithsmallfields

model/database.py

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ def get_collection_rows(collection_name):
 def delete_by_link_id(identification):
     """Not for normal use.
     Probably should only be used from command line programs."""
-    database[collection_names['people']].delete_one({'link_id': identification})
-    database[collection_names['profiles']].delete_one({'link_id': identification})
+    return (database[collection_names['people']].delete_one({'link_id': identification}),
+            database[collection_names['profiles']].delete_one({'link_id': identification}))
 
 def get_person_dict(identification):
     """Read the data for a person from the database, as a dictionary."""

utils/deleter.py

@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@ def main():
     db_config = config['database']
     collection_names = db_config['collections']
     database.database_init(config)
-    count = 0
     with open(args.deletions) as deletions_file:
-        count += 1
         for del_link_id in deletions_file.readlines():
             if for_real:
                 print("Deleting", del_link_id)
-                database.delete_by_link_id(del_link_id)
+                print("Result:", database.delete_by_link_id(del_link_id))
             else:
                 print("Would delete", del_link_id)
     print("Processed", count, "deletion records.")