deck.py

import random
import json
from card import Card


class Deck():
    """Deck object to hold cards and do deck operations like dealing and shuffling.

    Attributes:
        file (str): path to json file with card data
        type (str): 'Q' or 'A' depending on the type of deck you want to make
        expansions

    """

    def __init__(self, file, type, expansions=['Base']):
        with open(file) as f:
            cards = json.load(f)

        self.deck = []
        self.spent_pile = []

        for card in cards:
            if card['expansion'] not in expansions:
                continue
            if card['cardType'] == type:
                self.deck.append(
                    Card(
                        card['id'],
                        card['cardType'],
                        card['text'],
                        card['numAnswers'],
                        card['expansion'],
                    )
                )

    def __str__(self):
        deck = [str(card) for card in self.deck]
        return f"{deck}"

    def draw_card(self):
        return self.deck.pop()

    def shuffle_deck(self):
        random.shuffle(self.deck)

    def reset_deck(self):
        self.deck += self.spent_pile
        self.shuffle_deck()

    def deal(self, players, num_cards=5):
        num_players = len(players)
        for i in range(num_cards*num_players):
            if len(self.deck) <= 0:
                break      # break if out of cards
            card = self.draw_card()            # take the top card
            player = players[i % num_players]  # whose turn is next?
            player.add_card(card)              # add the card to the hand