Bug fix for issue #152 : individual episodes were ignored when targeted directly (as opposed to targeting the parent series)

AppScaffolding/AppScaffolding.csproj

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
-    <Version>6.4.2.1</Version>
+    <Version>6.4.3.1</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

AudibleUtilities/ApiExtended.cs

@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ namespace AudibleUtilities
 
 				Serilog.Log.Logger.Information($"{parents.Count} series of shows/podcasts found");
 
-				// remove episode parents. even if the following stuff fails, these will still be removed from the collection.
-				// also must happen before processing children because children abuses this flag
+				// remove episode parents. even if the following stuff fails, these will still be removed from the collection
 				items.RemoveAll(i => i.IsEpisodes);
 
 				if (importEpisodes)
@@ -192,6 +191,14 @@ namespace AudibleUtilities
 			{
 				var children = await getEpisodeChildrenAsync(parent);
 
+				// actual individual episode, not the parent of a series.
+				// for now I'm keeping it inside this method since it fits the work flow, incl. importEpisodes logic
+				if (!children.Any())
+				{
+					results.Add(parent);
+					continue;
+				}
+
 				foreach (var child in children)
 				{
 					// use parent's 'DateAdded'. DateAdded is just a convenience prop for: PurchaseDate.UtcDateTime

FileManager/PersistentDictionary.cs

@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ namespace FileManager
             if (IsReadOnly)
                 return;
 
-            File.WriteAllText(Filepath, "{}");
-            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
+            createNewFile();
         }
 
         public string GetString(string propertyName)
@@ -214,6 +213,13 @@ namespace FileManager
             }
 
             var settingsJsonContents = File.ReadAllText(Filepath);
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settingsJsonContents))
+            {
+                createNewFile();
+                settingsJsonContents = File.ReadAllText(Filepath);
+            }
+
             var jObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(settingsJsonContents);
 
             if (jObject is null)
@@ -226,5 +232,11 @@ namespace FileManager
 
             return jObject;
         }
+
+        private void createNewFile()
+        {
+            File.WriteAllText(Filepath, "{}");
+            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
+        }
     }
 }

LibationWinForms/Dialogs/AccountsDialog.cs

@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.Dialogs
 		{
 			try
 			{
+				if (!inputIsValid())
+					return;
+
 				// without transaction, accounts persister will write ANY EDIT immediately to file
 				using var persister = AudibleApiStorage.GetAccountsSettingsPersister();
 
@@ -129,6 +132,28 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.Dialogs
 			}
 		}
 
+		private bool inputIsValid()
+		{
+			var dtos = getRowDtos();
+
+			foreach (var dto in dtos)
+			{
+				if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dto.AccountId))
+				{
+					MessageBox.Show("Account id cannot be blank. Please enter an account id for all accounts.", "Blank account", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+					return false;
+				}
+
+				if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dto.LocaleName))
+				{
+					MessageBox.Show("Please select a locale (i.e.: country or region) for all accounts.", "Blank region", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		private void persist(AccountsSettings accountsSettings)
 		{
 			var existingAccounts = accountsSettings.Accounts;
@@ -152,11 +177,6 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.Dialogs
 			// upsert each. validation occurs through Account and AccountsSettings
 			foreach (var dto in dtos)
 			{
-				if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dto.AccountId))
-					throw new Exception("Please enter an account id for all accounts");
-				if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dto.LocaleName))
-					throw new Exception("Please select a locale (i.e.: country or region) for all accounts");
-
 				var acct = accountsSettings.Upsert(dto.AccountId, dto.LocaleName);
 				acct.LibraryScan = dto.LibraryScan;
 				acct.AccountName