FIX: lmao

utils/videos.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import json
+import os
+import time
 from os import getenv
 
 from praw.models import Submission
@@ -31,3 +33,28 @@ def check_done(
             print_step("Getting new post as the current one has already been done")
             return None
     return redditobj
+
+
+def save_data(filename: str, reddit_title: str, reddit_id: str):
+    """Saves the videos that have already been generated to a JSON file in video_creation/data/videos.json
+
+    Args:
+        filename (str): The finished video title name
+        @param filename:
+        @param reddit_id:
+        @param reddit_title:
+    """
+    with open("./video_creation/data/videos.json", "r+", encoding="utf-8") as raw_vids:
+        done_vids = json.load(raw_vids)
+        if reddit_id in [video["id"] for video in done_vids]:
+            return  # video already done but was specified to continue anyway in the .env file
+        payload = {
+            "id": reddit_id,
+            "time": str(int(time.time())),
+            "background_credit": str(os.getenv("background_credit")),
+            "reddit_title": reddit_title,
+            "filename": filename,
+        }
+        done_vids.append(payload)
+        raw_vids.seek(0)
+        json.dump(done_vids, raw_vids, ensure_ascii=False, indent=4)