From 9a9360cbdb67da44cabb87a713f2d9fa126064e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven Augustin <sven.augustin@psi.ch>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 18:08:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] a bit simpler

---
 stand/api.py | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stand/api.py b/stand/api.py
index 228c2ab..cfb2c35 100644
--- a/stand/api.py
+++ b/stand/api.py
@@ -20,18 +20,14 @@ def append(beamline: Beamline, pgroup: PGroup, run: int, row: dict[str, Any]):
     index = pd.Timestamp(run) # adb supports update only for timeseries indexes
     index = pd.Index([index], name="run")
 
-    run_exists = not adb.get(beamline).read(
-        pgroup,
-        date_range=index,
-        columns=[]
-    ).data.index.empty
+    lib = adb.get(beamline)
 
+    run_exists = not lib.read(pgroup, date_range=index, columns=[]).data.index.empty
     if run_exists:
         raise HTTPException(409, f"run {run} exists already in {beamline}/{pgroup}")
 
     df = pd.DataFrame(row, index=index)
-
-    adb.get(beamline).append(pgroup, df)
+    lib.append(pgroup, df)
 
     row = {"run": run, **row} # setdefault would not force run to be the first column