def post(self, request, user_id, format=None):
data = json.loads(request.body)
# data = {
# 'abstract': '',
# 'title': 'Generalized theory of relaxation',
# 'metadata': '',
# 'created_by': 1001
# }
# 01/20/2016 new feature: initiate a google scholar api call to get abstract if not provided
findRelatedEvidence = True;
title = data['title'].replace('{', '').replace('}', '')
abstract = data['abstract']
if abstract == '':
temp_title, temp_abstract = PubMedQuerier.get_abstract_by_title(data['title'])
if temp_title is not None:
title = temp_title
abstract = temp_abstract
evidence = Evidence.objects.create_evidence(title, abstract, data['metadata'], data['created_by'], 0)
serialized_json = serializers.serialize('json', [evidence])
evidence_json = flattenSerializedJson(serialized_json)
return HttpResponse(evidence_json, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
