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+import json
+import sqlalchemy as db
+import pandas as pd
+import os
+import requests
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+
+class Parser:
+
+    def __init__(self, json):
+        load_dotenv()
+        if 'data' in json:
+            self.json = json['data']
+        else:
+            self.json = json
+        self.df = pd.json_normalize(self.json)
+        self.key = os.getenv('TRIPADVISOR_API_KEY')
+        self.engine = db.create_engine('sqlite:///tripadv.db')
+
+    def write_to_database(self, tb_name):
+        self.df.\
+            to_sql(tb_name, con=self.engine, if_exists='append', index=False)
+
+        # removing duplicates, this should work
+        with self.engine.connect() as connection:
+            remove_dupes = f"""DELETE FROM {tb_name}
+                    WHERE ROWID NOT IN (
+                    SELECT MAX(ROWID)
+                    FROM {tb_name}
+                    GROUP BY Name
+                );"""
+            connection.execute(db.text(remove_dupes))
+        # self.get_ratings()
+
+    # def get_ratings(self):
+    #     if not isinstance(self.json, type([])):
+    #         return
+    #     rows = []
+    #     for location in self.json:
+    #         location_id = int(location['location_id'])
+    #         url = (f"https://api.content.tripadvisor.com/api/v1/location/"
+    #         f"{location_id}/details")
+    #         headers = {"accept": "application/json"}
+    #         data = {
+    #             'key': self.key
+    #         }
+
+    #         r = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=data)
+    #         if r.status_code == 200:
+    #             flattened = pd.json_normalize(r.json())
+    #             rows.append(flattened)
+    #     df = pd.concat(rows, ignore_index=True)
+    #     for col in df.columns:
+    #         if df[col].apply(lambda x: isinstance(x, (dict, list))).any():
+    #             df[col] = df[col].apply(json.dumps)
+    #     df = df.infer_objects()
+    #     print(df)
+    #     print(df.dtypes)
+    #     # df.to_sql("temp", con=self.engine, if_exists='append', index=False)
+
+    #     join_command = """CREATE TABLE recommendations AS
+    #      SELECT * FROM locations
+    #      JOIN temp ON locations.location_id = temp.location_id;"""
+    #     with self.engine.connect() as connection:
+    #         connection.execute(db.text(join_command))
+    #     self.drop("temp")
+        
+    def drop(self, table_name):
+        command = f"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {table_name}"
+        with self.engine.connect() as connection:
+            connection.execute(db.text(command))
+
+with open('sampleJSON.txt', 'r') as file:
+    location = file.read()
+test = Parser(json.loads(location))
+test.write_to_database("locations")
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