Working on interfacing with the database. Could do queryies via string/cstring but I'm going to try prepared statements

src/database/base_repository.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 #include "database/base_repository.h"
 
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+#include "managers/directory_manager.h"
+
+base_repository::base_repository() 
+{ }
+
+base_repository::base_repository(const std::string& path) : path(path)
+{ 
+    intitalizeDetails();
+}
+
+MYSQL* base_repository::setup_mysql_connection()
+{
+    MYSQL *conn = mysql_init(nullptr);
+
+    auto res = mysql_real_connect(conn, details.server.c_str(), details.username.c_str(), 
+            details.password.c_str(), details.database.c_str(), 0, nullptr, 0);
+
+    return conn;
+}
 MYSQL* base_repository::setup_mysql_connection(database_connection details)
 {
     MYSQL *connection = mysql_init(NULL);
@@ -23,3 +44,12 @@ MYSQL_RES* base_repository::perform_mysql_query(MYSQL *conn, const std::string&
 
    return mysql_use_result(conn);
 }
+
+void base_repository::intitalizeDetails()
+{
+    auto databaseConfig = directory_manager::databaseConfigContent(path);
+    details.database = databaseConfig.get<std::string>();
+    details.password = databaseConfig.get<std::string>();
+    details.server = databaseConfig.get<std::string>();
+    details.username = databaseConfig.get<std::string>();
+}

src/database/coverArtRepository.cpp

@@ -1 +1,9 @@
 #include "database/coverArtRepository.h"
+
+
+coverArtRepository::coverArtRepository(const std::string& path) : base_repository(path)
+{ }
+
+void coverArtRepository::saveRecord(const Cover& cov)
+{
+}

src/managers/coverArtManager.cpp

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #include "managers/coverArtManager.h"
 
+#include "database/coverArtRepository.h"
 #include "utilities/metadata_retriever.h"
 
+coverArtManager::coverArtManager(const std::string& configPath) : path(configPath)
+{ }
+
+
 Cover coverArtManager::saveCover(const Song& song, std::string& rootPath, const std::string& stockCoverPath)
 {
     metadata_retriever meta;
@@ -10,5 +15,7 @@ Cover coverArtManager::saveCover(const Song& song, std::string& rootPath, const
     cov = meta.update_cover_art(song, cov, stockCoverPath);
     cov.songTitle = song.title;
 
+    coverArtRepository covRepo(path);
+
     return cov;
 }

src/managers/song_manager.cpp

@@ -16,31 +16,6 @@ song_manager::song_manager(std::string& x_path)
     : exe_path(x_path)
 { }
 
-/**
-std::string song_manager::retrieveMusicPath()
-{
-    std::string pathConfig = directory_manager::configPath(exe_path);
-    pathConfig.append("/paths.json");
-    nlohmann::json config = nlohmann::json::parse(directory_manager::contentOfPath(pathConfig));
-
-    return config["root_music_path"].get<std::string>();
-}
-std::string song_manager::retrieveTempPath()
-{
-    auto pathConfig = directory_manager::configPath(exe_path);
-    pathConfig.append("/paths");
-
-    return std::string();
-}
-
-nlohmann::json song_manager::pathConfigContent()
-{
-    auto path = directory_manager::configPath(exe_path);
-    path.append("/paths.json");
-
-    return nlohmann::json::parse(directory_manager::contentOfPath(path));
-}
-*/
 
 void song_manager::saveSong(Song& song)
 {
@@ -51,10 +26,13 @@ void song_manager::saveSong(Song& song)
     song.data = std::move(data);
     printSong(song);
 
-    coverArtManager covMgr;
+    coverArtManager covMgr(exe_path);
     auto coverRootPath = directory_manager::pathConfigContent(exe_path)["cover_root_path"].get<std::string>();
+    //const nlohmann::json databaseConfig = directory_manager::databaseConfigContent(exe_path);
+
     auto stockCoverPath = directory_manager::configPath(exe_path);
     stockCoverPath.append("/CoverArt.png");
+
     auto cov = covMgr.saveCover(song, coverRootPath, stockCoverPath);
 }
 
@@ -78,6 +56,7 @@ void song_manager::saveSongTemp(Song& song)
     std::random_device dev;
     std::mt19937 rng(dev());
     std::uniform_int_distribution<std::mt19937::result_type> dist(1,1000);
+
     tmp_song.append(std::to_string(dist(rng)));
     tmp_song.append(".mp3");