def getTown(numDudes=10):
# handle request data
req_data = loads(request.data)
culture_filters = {}
print "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n%s\n###############" % req_data
if 'cultureFilter' in req_data: culture_filters = req_data['cultureFilter']
if 'size' in req_data: size = int(req_data['size']) * 10
# get the population of the town
blank_npcs = assemble_npc_list(numDudes, culture_filters)
npcs = jobs_for_npcs(blank_npcs)
# stuff all professions in a dict, to assign to NPCs when the building is created
professions = {}
profession_distribution = []
for profession in db.get_all_professions():
professions[profession[4]] = {'occupation':profession[0], 'description':profession[1], 'category':profession[2], 'id':profession[4]}
# load all possible buildings to get started actualizing our new Town
buildings_raw = []
for bld in db.get_all_businesses():
buildings_raw.append( Building(bld[2], bld[4], bld[5]) )
# pull out the buildings actually in our town, based on size
buildings = []
for i, bld in enumerate(buildings_raw):
#print '\nbld: {}\nsize: {}\nreqPop: {}\nnumThere: {}'.format(bld.name, size, bld.reqPopulation, size / bld.reqPopulation)
for x in range( size / bld.reqPopulation ):
# need to reinstantiate so each instance has its own worker
this_building = Building(bld.name, bld.reqPopulation, bld.requiredProfession)
# get an employee for the business
worker = npcs.pop()
worker.profession = professions[bld.requiredProfession]
this_building.worker = worker.__dict__
buildings.append(this_building)
# build the final town product
retTown = {} # the thing to jsonify and return
bld = {} # buildings dict
retTown["name"] = choice(db.get_all_places())[0]
# put buildings in dict for easy jsonify
for x,y in enumerate(buildings):
bld[x] = y.__dict__
retTown['buildings'] = bld
# populate town with NPCs
retTown['npcs'] = [n.__dict__ for n in npcs]
return dumps(retTown)
