From 2117f61f36395e3f63c6f7249df8a1203547498d07ae6f5a50da16b6e8de48be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PioApocalypse <pioapocalypse@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:52:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] changes APIHandler attribute "dump" to "header" for clarity

---
 src/APIHandler.py         | 4 ++--
 src/classes.py            | 2 +-
 tests/chained_requests.py | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/APIHandler.py b/src/APIHandler.py
index 31bcfcd..9a749f7 100644
--- a/src/APIHandler.py
+++ b/src/APIHandler.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class APIHandler:
         '''Init method, apikey suggested but not required (empty by default).'''
         self.auth = {"Authorization" : apikey}
         self.content = {"Content-Type" : "application/json"}
-        self.dump = {**self.auth, **self.content}
+        self.header = {**self.auth, **self.content}
         self.elaburl = ELABFTW_API_URL
     def get_entry_from_elabid(self, elabid, entryType="items"):
         '''
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class APIHandler:
         Entry type can be either "experiments" or "items".
         '''
         # TO-DO: validation and error handling on entryType value.
-        header = self.dump
+        header = self.header
         response = requests.get(
             headers = header,
             url = f"{self.elaburl}/{entryType}/{elabid}",
diff --git a/src/classes.py b/src/classes.py
index c0d23bb..d42b4ee 100644
--- a/src/classes.py
+++ b/src/classes.py
@@ -133,5 +133,5 @@ class Material:
 
 if __name__=="__main__":
     head = Header("MyApiKey-123456789abcdef")
-    print(f"Example header:\n\t{head.dump}\n")
+    print(f"Example header:\n\t{head.header}\n")
     print("Warning: you're not supposed to be running this as the main program.")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/chained_requests.py b/tests/chained_requests.py
index 23fe802..c8621c8 100644
--- a/tests/chained_requests.py
+++ b/tests/chained_requests.py
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ class Header:
         '''Init method, apikey suggested but not required (empty by default).'''
         self.auth = {"Authorization" : apikey}
         self.content = {"Content-Type" : "application/json"}
-        self.dump = {**self.auth, **self.content}
+        self.header = {**self.auth, **self.content}
 
 def get_entry_from_elabid(elabid, entryType="items"):
     '''
     Function which returns entrypoint data (as dictionary) from its elabid.
     '''
-    header = Header(apikey).dump
+    header = Header(apikey).header
     response = requests.get(
         headers = header,
         url = f"{ELABFTW_API_URL}/{entryType}/{elabid}",