Re #264 - fixing clone watch operation

changedetectionio/__init__.py

@@ -778,9 +778,9 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
     @app.route("/api/clone", methods=['GET'])
     @login_required
     def api_clone():
-
         uuid = request.args.get('uuid')
-        datastore.clone(uuid)
+        new_uuid = datastore.clone(uuid)
+        update_q.put(new_uuid)
         flash('Cloned.')
 
         return redirect(url_for('index'))
@@ -902,7 +902,6 @@ def ticker_thread_check_time_launch_checks():
 
         # Check for watches outside of the time threshold to put in the thread queue.
         for uuid, watch in copied_datastore.data['watching'].items():
-
             # If they supplied an individual entry minutes to threshold.
             if 'minutes_between_check' in watch and watch['minutes_between_check'] is not None:
                 # Cast to int just incase

changedetectionio/store.py

@@ -251,24 +251,10 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
 
     # Clone a watch by UUID
     def clone(self, uuid):
-        with self.lock:
+        url = self.data['watching'][uuid]['url']
-            new_uuid = str(uuid_builder.uuid4())
+        tag = self.data['watching'][uuid]['tag']
-            _clone = deepcopy(self.data['watching'][uuid])
+        new_uuid = self.add_watch(url=url, tag=tag)
-            _clone.update({'uuid': new_uuid})
+        return new_uuid
-
-            attributes_to_reset = [
-                'last_checked',
-                'last_changed',
-                'last_viewed',
-                'newest_history_key',
-                'previous_md5',
-                'history'
-            ]
-            for attribute in attributes_to_reset:
-                _clone.update({attribute: self.generic_definition[attribute]})
-
-            self.data['watching'][new_uuid] = _clone
-            self.needs_write = True
 
     def url_exists(self, url):