Create foia_requests.py

foia_requests.py

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+from typing import Dict, List
+import json
+import os
+import uuid
+from datetime import datetime
+
+FOIA_STORE = "data/foia_requests.json"
+
+
+def _load_requests() -> List[Dict]:
+    if not os.path.exists(FOIA_STORE):
+        return []
+    try:
+        with open(FOIA_STORE, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            return json.load(f)
+    except Exception:
+        return []
+
+
+def _save_requests(requests: List[Dict]) -> None:
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(FOIA_STORE), exist_ok=True)
+    with open(FOIA_STORE, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        json.dump(requests, f, indent=2)
+
+
+def add_foia_request(
+    agency: str,
+    subject: str,
+    description: str,
+    requester_type: str = "Journalist"
+) -> Dict:
+    """
+    Store a FOIA request record (tracking only).
+    No submission to agencies is performed.
+    """
+
+    record = {
+        "id": str(uuid.uuid4()),
+        "timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + "Z",
+        "agency": agency,
+        "subject": subject,
+        "description": description,
+        "requester_type": requester_type,
+        "status": "Draft",
+        "notes": "Generated by FOIA Declassified Document Search (tracking only)"
+    }
+
+    requests = _load_requests()
+    requests.append(record)
+    _save_requests(requests)
+
+    return record