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trying_to_fix_nextcloud.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import requests
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 import sys
 
+# Prepare and send the propfind request return xml string
 def propfind(path,auth):
   headers = {"Depth":"1"}
   req = r = requests.Request("PROPFIND", path, headers=headers, auth=auth)
@@ -11,16 +12,28 @@ def propfind(path,auth):
   resp = s.send(prepped)
   return resp.text
 
+# Function iterates through the given xml which contains all files and folders in the provided path
 def search_folder(requestreturn):
+  # List to collect path of folders stored in path 
   innerfolders = []
+  # List to collect path of files with wrong timestamp
   linkswrongtime = []
+  # First folder provided in the xml file is always the folder we are currently in.
+  # To prevent searching this folder twice, or ending in a loop, we can not store this folder in the folderlist again.
   firstfolder = True
+  # Name of files are stored as an string. But we can check the timestamp of the file after we can check the name, 
+  # so it needs to be stored temporary in case the timestamp is wrong
   temp = "this is sa temporary storage"
+  # Get a xml tree
   tree = ET.ElementTree(ET.fromstring(requestreturn))
+  # Find all responses in the tree, those contain the fielpath, lasttimemodified, typeoffile etc.
   for resp in tree.findall('.//{DAV:}response'):
+    # Here we can get the filpath out of href and get further information in prop (lastimemodified, typeoffile, etc.)
     for p in resp:
+      # In case p.text is not none, it contains the filepath
       if not(p.text is None):
         if (p.text[-1] == '/'):
+          # If the current object is a folder, check it its not first folder
           if not(firstfolder):
             innerfolders.append(p.text)
           else: 
@@ -28,29 +41,39 @@ def search_folder(requestreturn):
           break
         else:
           temp = p.text
+      # In case p.text is none, it contains the further information
       else:
+        # Find time last modfied and check if the year is before 1990
         for time in p.findall('.//{DAV:}getlastmodified'):
           year = time.text.split(' ')
           if int(year[3]) < 1990:
             linkswrongtime.append(temp)
   return [innerfolders, linkswrongtime]
 
+# Enter username and password to enter nextcloud via webdav
 user = sys.argv[1]
 passw = sys.argv[2]
 auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(user,passw)
+# Prepare the path we want to use
 prefix_path = "https://kingsx.cs.uni-saarland.de"
 mainpath = "/remote.php/dav/files/"+ user + "/Testrequests/"
+# List of all folderpaths we need to enter
 folders = [mainpath]
+# List of all filepaths with wrong time
 wrongtime = []
 
+# Iterate through all folders and check for wrong timestamps
 while folders:
   path_suffix = folders.pop(0)
   path = prefix_path + str(path_suffix)
   r = propfind(path,auth)
   res = search_folder(r)
+  # Append all found folders and files with wrong timestamps to global list
   folders = folders + res[0]
   wrongtime = wrongtime + res[1]
 
+  # Print out the list of all the filenames with the wrong time
 print(wrongtime)
 
+# By now just storage of suffix used to enter version files via FILEID
 version_suffix = "/remote.php/dav/versions/USER/versions/FILEID"