def get_or_create_person(authorname, app):
""" Retrieves the person object that represents the author of this document
or creates a new person if no person with this name exists.
NOTE that this does not yet enable disambiguation of multiple people
with the same name.
"""
(last, first) = Person.parse(authorname)
people = Person.get(last, first)
if people:
person = people[0]
app.log.debug("Retrieved author (%s)..." % (person))
else:
app.log.info("Creating author (%s)..." % (authorname))
person = Person.create(authorname)
return person
def _create_author(self, document, authorname, role="Author"):
if not authorname:
return None
(last, first) = Person.parse(authorname)
people = Person.get(last, first)
if people:
person = people[0]
else:
print(" Creating author (%s)..." % (authorname))
person = Person.create(authorname)
if role == "tr":
role = "Translator"
elif role == "ed":
role = "Editor"
elif not role:
role = "Author"
author = document.add_author(person, role)
return author
