def get_docs_to_commit(self):
        try:
            spec = {'synced': False}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return list(cur)
def _read_img(self, file_name):
        img = Image.open(file_name)
        if img.mode != "RGB":
            img = img.convert("RGB")
        return img