def get_committee_id(level, abbr, name, chamber):
spec = {"state": abbr}
comms = db.committees.find(spec)
for committee in comms:
c = committee['committee']
if compare_committee(name, c):
return committee['_id']
return None
def get_committee_id_alt(level, abbr, name, chamber):
spec = {"state": abbr, "chamber": chamber}
if chamber is None:
del(spec['chamber'])
comms = db.committees.find(spec)
for committee in comms:
c = committee['committee']
if compare_committee(name, c):
return committee['_id']
if not chamber is None:
return get_committee_id_alt(level, abbr, name, None)
return None
