ScanList gets scans from GalleryThing, no ongoing scans shown.

src/openflexure_microscope_server/scan_directories.py

@@ -335,14 +335,25 @@ class ScanDirectoryManager:
         return [f.name for f in os.scandir(self._base_scan_dir) if f.is_dir()]
 
     @requires_lock
-    def all_scans_info(self, ongoing: Optional[str] = None) -> list[ScanInfo]:
-        """Return a lists of ScanInfo objects for each scan."""
+    def all_scans_info(
+        self, *, ongoing: Optional[str] = None, include_ongoing: bool = True
+    ) -> list[ScanInfo]:
+        """Return a lists of ScanInfo objects for each scan.
+
+        :param ongoing: The name of the ongoing scan (or None if no scan is ongoing).
+        :param include_ongoing: True (dfault) to include the scan info of the ongoing
+            scan in the return. False to exclude it.
+
+        :return: A list of ScanInfo objects for each scan.
+        """
         all_info: list[ScanInfo] = []
         for scan_name in self.all_scans:
-            # If the scan is ongoing send flag to skip reading the json data
-            skip_json = scan_name == ongoing
+            scan_is_ongoing = scan_name == ongoing
+            if scan_is_ongoing and not include_ongoing:
+                continue
             scan_dir = ScanDirectory(scan_name, self.base_dir)
-            info = scan_dir.scan_info(skip_json=skip_json)
+            # If the scan is ongoing send flag to skip reading the json data
+            info = scan_dir.scan_info(skip_json=scan_is_ongoing)
             all_info.append(info)
         return all_info
 

src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/gallery.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ the Things that capture the Data. This thing just provides a unified way for the
 front end to access the data.
 """
 
-from typing import Mapping, Optional, Protocol, Self, runtime_checkable
+from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Protocol, Self, cast, runtime_checkable
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ class GalleryThing(lt.Thing):
 
     all_ofm_things: Mapping[str, OFMThing] = lt.thing_slot()
 
-    _gallery_providing_things: Optional[Mapping[str, OFMThing]] = None
+    _gallery_providing_things: Optional[Mapping[str, GalleryCompatibleThing]] = None
 
     @property
-    def gallery_providing_things(self) -> Mapping[str, OFMThing]:
+    def gallery_providing_things(self) -> Mapping[str, GalleryCompatibleThing]:
         """All Things that provide data to the gallery."""
         if self._gallery_providing_things is None:
             raise RuntimeError(
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class GalleryThing(lt.Thing):
     def __enter__(self) -> Self:
         """Check for all gallery providing things on server startup."""
         self._set_gallery_providers()
+        return self
 
     def _set_gallery_providers(self) -> None:
         """Set the mapping of gallery providing things.
@@ -77,4 +78,22 @@ class GalleryThing(lt.Thing):
                 )
                 gallery_providers.pop(key)
 
-        self._gallery_providing_things = gallery_providers
+        # Cast the type of each thing to "GalleryCompatibleThing" as other Things have
+        # been popped.
+        self._gallery_providing_things = cast(
+            Mapping[str, GalleryCompatibleThing], gallery_providers
+        )
+
+    @lt.property
+    def list_data(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """List the data from all registered things.
+
+        Currently only works with `smart_scan` as the UI cards are not customisable.
+
+        This will change to an action (or another type of endpoint) at a
+        later date to enable filtering, and returning only a specific page.
+        """
+        data_list = []
+        for thing in self.gallery_providing_things.values():
+            data_list += [model.model_dump() for model in thing.get_gallery_data()]
+        return data_list

src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/smart_scan.py

@@ -71,16 +71,6 @@ class ActiveScanData(scan_directories.BaseScanData):
         self.scan_result = result
 
 
-class ScanListInfo(BaseModel):
-    """The information to be sent to the Scan List tab."""
-
-    scans: list[scan_directories.ScanInfo]
-    """The list of scans as ScanInfo objects"""
-
-    ongoing: Optional[str]
-    """The name of the ongoing scan or None"""
-
-
 class JPEGBlob(lt.blob.Blob):
     """A class representing a JPEG image as a LabThings FastAPI Blob."""
 
@@ -197,7 +187,9 @@ class SmartScanThing(OFMThing):
         in any ongoing scans being read.
         """
         ongoing_name = None if self._ongoing_scan is None else self.ongoing_scan.name
-        return self._scan_dir_manager.all_scans_info(ongoing=ongoing_name)
+        return self._scan_dir_manager.all_scans_info(
+            ongoing=ongoing_name, include_ongoing=False
+        )
 
     # Note that the default detector name is set at init. This is over written if
     # setting is loaded from disk.
@@ -567,21 +559,6 @@ class SmartScanThing(OFMThing):
     stitch_automatically: bool = lt.setting(default=True)
     """Whether to run a final stitch at the end of a successful scan."""
 
-    @lt.property
-    def scans(self) -> ScanListInfo:
-        """All the available scans.
-
-        Each scan has a name (which can be used to access it), along with
-        its modified and created times (according to the filesystem) and
-        the number of items in the ``images`` folder. Note that image count
-        uses a regular expression, and changes to the naming scheme will
-        break it.
-        """
-        return ScanListInfo(
-            scans=self.get_gallery_data(),
-            ongoing=None if self._ongoing_scan is None else self.ongoing_scan.name,
-        )
-
     @lt.endpoint(
         "get",
         "get_stitch/{scan_name}",
@@ -646,7 +623,7 @@ class SmartScanThing(OFMThing):
     def purge_empty_scans(self) -> None:
         """Delete all scan folders containing no images at the top level."""
         # JSON is ignored as it's created before any images are captured
-        for scan_info in self._get_all_scan_info():
+        for scan_info in self.get_gallery_data():
             if scan_info.number_of_images == 0:
                 self._delete_scan(scan_info.name)
 
@@ -761,6 +738,6 @@ class SmartScanThing(OFMThing):
         """
         if self._scan_lock.locked():
             raise RuntimeError("Can't stitch previous scans while a scan is ongoing")
-        for scan in self._get_all_scan_info():
+        for scan in self.get_gallery_data():
             if scan.dzi is None:
                 self.stitch_scan(scan_name=scan.name)