From 2a016dad8922a7d4b3a44aa31204ee88d522388d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrisbell <chrisbell@bellsworne.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 23:31:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Now able to get a field from a path

---
 SzCore/SZ.cs            |  4 +---
 SzCore/SzDataHandler.cs | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 flake.lock              | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 flake.nix               | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 shell.nix               |  1 +
 5 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 flake.lock
 create mode 100644 flake.nix

diff --git a/SzCore/SZ.cs b/SzCore/SZ.cs
index 40f86f2..8bdf6b9 100644
--- a/SzCore/SZ.cs
+++ b/SzCore/SZ.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
-
 namespace SzCore;
 
 public static class SZ
@@ -130,4 +128,4 @@ public static class SZ
     {
         if (!IsInitalized) throw new Exception("SZ.Init has not been called.");
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/SzCore/SzDataHandler.cs b/SzCore/SzDataHandler.cs
index 902536a..a3c6aa9 100644
--- a/SzCore/SzDataHandler.cs
+++ b/SzCore/SzDataHandler.cs
@@ -88,6 +88,33 @@ public class SzDataHandler
 
         return SzResult<SzDataset>.Success(newDataset);
     }
+
+    public async Task<SzResult<string>> GetFieldValueFromPath(string path)
+    {
+
+        var parts = path.Split('.');
+        if (parts.Length < 3) return SzResult<string>.Failure("Not enough arguments in path");
+
+        var datasetId = parts[0];
+        var dataObjectId = parts[1];
+        var fieldPath = string.Join(".", parts.Skip(2));
+
+        var datasetResult = await LoadDatasetAsync(datasetId);
+        if (!datasetResult.IsSuccess) 
+            return SzResult<string>.Failure($"Could not get field value, dataset with id '{datasetId}' could not be loaded: {datasetResult.Error}");
+
+        var dataset = datasetResult.Value;
+        if (dataset is null) return SzResult<string>.Failure("Dataset was null somehow");
+
+        if (!dataset.DataObjects.TryGetValue(dataObjectId, out var dataObject))
+            return SzResult<string>.Failure($"Data object {dataObjectId} does not exist in dataset {datasetId}");
+
+        if (!dataObject.Fields.TryGetValue(fieldPath, out var field))
+            return SzResult<string>.Failure($"Field {fieldPath} does not exist in Data Object {dataObjectId}");
+
+        return SzResult<string>.Success(field.Value);
+        
+    }
     #endregion
 
     #region Templates
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2a8a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1770115704,
+        "narHash": "sha256-KHFT9UWOF2yRPlAnSXQJh6uVcgNcWlFqqiAZ7OVlHNc=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "e6eae2ee2110f3d31110d5c222cd395303343b08",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8452abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  description = "Session Zero development environment";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
+    let
+      supportedSystems = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-darwin" ];
+
+      forAllSystems = f: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems (system: f {
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+      });
+    in
+    {
+      devShells = forAllSystems ({ pkgs }: {
+        default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            dotnet-sdk
+            omnisharp-roslyn
+          ];
+
+          shellHook = ''
+            echo "// SESSION ZERO DEV SHELL //"
+          '';
+        };
+      });
+    };
+}
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index cb64eaa..d96b938 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
   nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
     dotnet-sdk
     omnisharp-roslyn
+
   ];
   
   shellHook = ''