def new_character(self, *arguments, **keywords):
"""Return a Character object."""
# XXX: not really useful...
if keywords.has_key('name'):
if not isinstance(keywords['name'], UnicodeType):
keywords['name'] = unicode(keywords['name'],
encoding, 'replace')
elif len(arguments) > 1:
if not isinstance(arguments[1], UnicodeType):
arguments[1] = unicode(arguments[1], encoding, 'replace')
return Character.Character(accessSystem=self.accessSystem,
*arguments, **keywords)
def search_character(self, name, results=None):
"""Return a list of Character objects for a query for the given name.
The results argument is the maximum number of results to return."""
if results is None:
results = self._results
try:
results = int(results)
except (ValueError, OverflowError):
results = 20
res = self._search_character(name, results)
return [Character.Character(characterID=self._get_real_characterID(pi),
data=pd, modFunct=self._defModFunct,
accessSystem=self.accessSystem) for pi, pd in res][:results]
def get_character(self, characterID, info=Character.Character.default_info,
modFunct=None):
"""Return a Character object for the given characterID.
The characterID is something used to univocally identify a character;
it can be the imdbID used by the IMDb web server, a file
pointer, a line number in a file, an ID in a database, etc.
info is the list of sets of information to retrieve.
If specified, modFunct will be the function used by the Character
object when accessing its text fields (like 'biography')."""
characterID = self._normalize_characterID(characterID)
characterID = self._get_real_characterID(characterID)
character = Character.Character(characterID=characterID,
accessSystem=self.accessSystem)
modFunct = modFunct or self._defModFunct
if modFunct is not None:
character.set_mod_funct(modFunct)
self.update(character, info)
return character
def new_character(self, *arguments, **keywords):
"""Return a Character object."""
# XXX: not really useful...
return Character.Character(accessSystem=self.accessSystem,
*arguments,
**keywords)
