When getting base board game, connection will check if board game is already in db and return it, if not it will add it.

src/modules/data_connection.py

@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@ from src.classes import boardgame_classes, play_classes
 def get_boardgame(boardgame_id: int) -> boardgame_classes.BoardGame:
     #Will check if it already exists in db, then it will get it from there
     
-    return bgg_connection.get_boardgame(boardgame_id)
+    boardgame_in_db: list[boardgame_classes.BoardGame] = db_connection.get_base_boardgames(boardgame_id=boardgame_id)
 
+    to_return_boardgame = None
+
+    if len(boardgame_in_db) == 0:
+        to_return_boardgame = bgg_connection.get_boardgame(boardgame_id)
+        db_connection.add_boardgame(to_return_boardgame)
+    else:
+        to_return_boardgame = boardgame_in_db[0]
+
+    return to_return_boardgame
 
 
 def get_user_owned_collection() -> list[boardgame_classes.BoardGame]:

src/modules/db_connection.py

@@ -16,21 +16,32 @@ def add_boardgame(boardgame: Union[
     boardgame_classes.OwnedBoardGame, boardgame_classes.OwnedBoardGameExpansion,
     boardgame_classes.WishlistBoardGame, boardgame_classes.WishlistBoardGameExpansion]):
 
-    session = Session(engine)
-
+    with Session(engine) as session:
         session.add(boardgame)
 
         session.commit()
+        session.refresh(boardgame)
 
-def get_all_owned_boardgames():
+def get_base_boardgames(boardgame_id = None) -> list[boardgame_classes.BoardGame]:
+    with Session(engine) as session:
+        session.expire_on_commit = False
+        if boardgame_id == None:
+            statement = select(boardgame_classes.BoardGame)
+        else:
+            statement = select(boardgame_classes.BoardGame).where(boardgame_classes.BoardGame.id == boardgame_id)
+        results = session.exec(statement)
+        
+        boardgame_list = results.all()
+
+        return boardgame_list
+    
+
+def get_all_owned_boardgames() -> list[boardgame_classes.OwnedBoardGame]:
     with Session(engine) as session:
         statement = select(boardgame_classes.OwnedBoardGame)
         results = session.exec(statement)
         
-        boardgame_list = []
-
-        for boardgame in results:
-            boardgame_list.append(boardgame)
+        boardgame_list = results.all()
 
         return boardgame_list