def itis_search(request):
xml_doc = _get_itis('searchForAnyMatch', request.GET)
match_elements = xml_doc.xpath("//ns:return/ax:anyMatchList", namespaces=itis_namespaces)
results = []
for e in match_elements:
# TODO better way to transmute an etree element into a objectified
# element
o = objectify.fromstring(etree.tostring(e))
if not len(o): # no matches were returned
break
try:
taxon = Taxon.objects.get(tsn=o.tsn)
except:
taxon = Taxon()
taxon.tsn = o.tsn
taxon.name = o.sciName
taxon.itis_rank = itis_get_rank(o.tsn)
taxon.rank = Taxon.ITIS_RANKS[taxon.itis_rank]
# skip taxa above Order
if taxon.rank > 2:
continue
common_names = []
for name in o.commonNameList.commonNames:
if len(name):
if name.language == 'English':
common_names.append(unicode(name.commonName))
taxon.common_names = ', '.join(common_names)
results.append(taxon)
# render an HTML fragment that can be inserted into the taxon_import page
return HttpResponse(
render_to_string('taxons/itis_search_results.html', {
'results': results,
'MEDIA_URL': settings.MEDIA_URL,
}),
mimetype="text/plain",
)
