def get_by_name(self, **kwargs):
"""
Retireves a SuperTag by its name.
Can use freebase to disambiguate the names.
"""
# Retrieve the object with the given arguments
obj = super(SuperTagManager, self).get(**kwargs)
# If object has a substitute speficied, use that tag enstead
obj = obj.substitute or obj
# Return object if freebase is not used
if not st_settings.USE_FREEBASE:
return obj
# Try to find the name using freebase
fb_name = retrieve_freebase_name(obj.name, obj.stype)
try:
# Try to retrieve the existing name given by freebase
# in our database
new_tag = self.get(name__iexact=fb_name)
# Return the new tag or the new tags substitute
return new_tag.substitute or new_tag
except:
# Simply return the obj if something went wrong
return obj
def create_alternate(self, **kwargs):
"""
Alternate method for creating SuperTags while optionally using
freebase to disambiguate the names
"""
# Retrieve the arguments used to create a new tag
name = kwargs.get("name", None)
stype = kwargs.get("stype", None)
# Create and return the new tag if freebase is not used.
if not (st_settings.USE_FREEBASE and name):
return super(SuperTagManager, self).create(**kwargs)
fb_name = retrieve_freebase_name(name, stype)
try:
new_tag = self.get(name__iexact=fb_name)
return new_tag.substitute or new_tag
except:
kwargs["name"] = fb_name.lower()
kwargs["slug"] = slugify(fb_name)[:50]
return super(SuperTagManager, self).create(**kwargs)
