From 59823679b76be18fb4dfeea9086c5857ead84ad9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: john <jsolejr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 16:57:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] output writing

Added the function or writing to output file real time instead of buffering
---
 archive_discovery.py | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archive_discovery.py b/archive_discovery.py
index afa6ec4..60140ca 100644
--- a/archive_discovery.py
+++ b/archive_discovery.py
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ import ast
 # === Constants and Logging Setup ===
 LOG_FILE = "dicom_query.log"
 CONFIG_FILE = "config.txt"
-LOG_LEVELS = {"DEBUG": logging.DEBUG, "INFO": logging.INFO, "WARNING": logging.WARNING, "ERROR": logging.ERROR, "CRITICAL": logging.CRITICAL}
+LOG_LEVELS = {
+    "DEBUG": logging.DEBUG,
+    "INFO": logging.INFO,
+    "WARNING": logging.WARNING,
+    "ERROR": logging.ERROR,
+    "CRITICAL": logging.CRITICAL
+}
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     filename=LOG_FILE,
@@ -195,15 +201,19 @@ class ConfigDialog:
                             except Exception:
                                 mod_string = str(mod_raw).strip()
 
-                            writer.writerow([
-                                str(getattr(identifier, 'PatientID', '')).strip(),
-                                str(getattr(identifier, 'PatientName', '')).strip(),
-                                str(getattr(identifier, 'AccessionNumber', '')).strip(),
-                                str(getattr(identifier, 'StudyDate', '')).strip(),
-                                str(getattr(identifier, 'StudyInstanceUID', '')).strip(),
-                                mod_string,
-                                str(getattr(identifier, 'NumberOfStudyRelatedInstances', '')).strip()
-                            ])
+                            try:
+                                writer.writerow([
+                                    str(getattr(identifier, 'PatientID', '')).strip(),
+                                    str(getattr(identifier, 'PatientName', '')).strip(),
+                                    str(getattr(identifier, 'AccessionNumber', '')).strip(),
+                                    str(getattr(identifier, 'StudyDate', '')).strip(),
+                                    str(getattr(identifier, 'StudyInstanceUID', '')).strip(),
+                                    mod_string,
+                                    str(getattr(identifier, 'NumberOfStudyRelatedInstances', '')).strip()
+                                ])
+                                f.flush()
+                            except Exception as e:
+                                logging.exception("Error writing to output file.")
                         elif status:
                             logging.debug("C-FIND response: 0x%04X", status.Status)
                 except Exception as e: