def authors_by_one_letter(request):
'''returns authors arranged by first letter in their names'''
letter = unquote(request.GET['letter'])
alphabet_string = generate_alphabets()
string = ""
for let in alphabet_string:
request_to_server = Q(book__pagelink__startswith="http://lib.ru", name__istartswith=letter + let)
auth_count = Author.objects.filter(request_to_server).distinct().count()
if auth_count > 0: # TODO condition
string += let
string = string[0:-1]
if len(string) < 1:
request_to_server = Q(book__pagelink__startswith="http://lib.ru", name__istartswith=letter)
authors = Author.objects.filter(request_to_server).distinct().\
order_by('name')
return render_response(request, 'book/opds/libru/books_by_author.xml',
{'authors': authors})
my_list = []
if letter in views.generate_russian_alphabet():
my_string = letter + u'а'
else:
my_string = letter + 'a'
for let in string:
if my_string != letter + let:
my_string += "-" + letter + let
my_list.append(my_string)
my_string = letter + unichr(ord(let) + 1)
if letter in views.generate_russian_alphabet():
my_string += "-" + letter + u"я"
else:
my_string += "-" + letter + "z"
my_list.append(my_string)
return render_response(request, 'book/opds/libru/books_by_author.xml',
{'string': my_list, 'num': 2, 'letter': letter })
def generate_alphabets():
alphabet_string = views.generate_russian_alphabet()
alphabet_string += views.generate_latin_alphabet()
return alphabet_string
