slight restructure

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.PHONY: all build fmt
+
+all: timeline.db xbit
+
+xbit: build
+
+build:
+	go build
+	
+timeline.db: timeline.sql
+	sqlite3 timeline.db < timeline.sql

go.mod

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module dairydemon.net/xbit
+module scm.dairydemon.net/filifa/xbit
 
 go 1.19
 

main.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
@@ -33,28 +34,22 @@ func formula(p float64) int64 {
 	return int64(yearsAgo * 31556926)
 }
 
-func (db *TimelineDB) closestEvents(t int64, n int) ([]EventsRow, error) {
+func (db *TimelineDB) closestEvents(t int64, n uint, llimit int64, ulimit int64) ([]EventsRow, error) {
 	query := `
 	select description, timestamp, yearknown, monthknown, dayknown, hourknown, minuteknown, secondknown
 	from events
-	where timestamp is not null
+	where timestamp between ? and ?
 	order by abs(? - timestamp) asc
 	limit ?
 	`
 
-	events := make([]EventsRow, n)
+	rows, err := db.Query(query, llimit, ulimit, t, n)
-	stmt, err := db.Prepare(query)
 	if err != nil {
-		return events, err
+		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer stmt.Close()
-
-	rows, err := stmt.Query(t, n)
-	if err != nil {
-		return events, err
 	}
 	defer rows.Close()
 
+	events := make([]EventsRow, n)
 	i := 0
 	for ; rows.Next(); i++ {
 		var event EventsRow
@@ -70,36 +65,33 @@ func (db *TimelineDB) closestEvents(t int64, n int) ([]EventsRow, error) {
 }
 
 func (event *EventsRow) Output() (int64, string, string, error) {
-	timestamp, err := event.timestamp.Value()
+	if !event.timestamp.Valid {
-	if err != nil {
+		return 0, "", "", errors.New("null timestamp")
-		return 0, "", "", err
+	} else if !event.description.Valid {
+		return 0, "", "", errors.New("null description")
 	}
 
-	desc, err := event.description.Value()
+	timestamp := event.timestamp.Int64
-	if err != nil {
+	desc := event.description.String
-		return 0, "", "", err
+	yearknown := event.yearknown.Valid && event.yearknown.Bool
-	}
-
-	yearknown, err := event.yearknown.Value()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, "", "", err
-	}
 
 	var ago string
-	date := time.Unix(timestamp.(int64), 0)
+	date := time.Unix(timestamp, 0)
-	if yearknown == nil || !yearknown.(bool) {
+	if !yearknown {
 		yeardiff := time.Now().Year() - date.Year()
 		ago = strconv.Itoa(yeardiff) + " years ago"
 	} else {
 		ago = date.String()
 	}
 
-	return timestamp.(int64), ago, desc.(string), nil
+	return timestamp, ago, desc, nil
 }
 
 func main() {
 	percent := flag.Float64("p", -1, "percentage")
-	nevents := flag.Int("n", 1, "number of events")
+	nevents := flag.Uint("n", 1, "number of events")
+	after := flag.Bool("a", false, "only return events occurring after computed timestamp")
+	before := flag.Bool("b", false, "only return events occurring before computed timestamp")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	if *percent < 0 || *percent > 1 {
@@ -108,6 +100,16 @@ func main() {
 
 	t := time.Now().Unix() - formula(*percent)
 
+	llimit := int64(math.MinInt64)
+	ulimit := int64(math.MaxInt64)
+	if *after && *before {
+		log.Fatal("cannot pass both -a and -b")
+	} else if *after {
+		llimit = t
+	} else if *before {
+		ulimit = t
+	}
+
 	var db TimelineDB
 	var err error
 	db.DB, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", "./timeline.db")
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer db.Close()
 
-	events, err := db.closestEvents(t, *nevents)
+	events, err := db.closestEvents(t, *nevents, llimit, ulimit)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}