y'know I probably should have uploaded this to gh sooner

mydatabase.py

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+import os
+import json
+import shutil
+
+class Database:
+    def __init__(self, file):
+        self.database = {}
+        self.file = file
+        self.backup = file + ".bak"
+        if not os.path.exists(file):
+            open(self.file, "wt").write("{}")
+
+    def read(self):
+        try:
+            with open(self.file, "rt") as f:
+                self.database = json.loads(f.read())
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError):
+            print(f"[db] Failed to read {self.file}, attempting fallback to {self.backup}")
+            try:
+                with open(self.backup, "rt") as f:
+                    self.database = json.loads(f.read())
+                print(f"[db] Fallback successful, restoring {self.file} from backup")
+                shutil.copy2(self.backup, self.file)
+            except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError) as e:
+                print(f"[db] Backup read also failed: {e} — starting with empty database")
+                self.database = {}
+
+    def write(self):
+        if os.path.exists(self.file):
+            shutil.copy2(self.file, self.backup)
+        with open(self.file, "wt") as f:
+            f.write(json.dumps(self.database))
+
+def database(file):
+    return Database(file)