def update_bill(self, bill):
"""
Check if a bill exists in datastore, and update its stats.
"""
this_bill = Bill.get_by_key_name(bill['title'])
logging.info(bill['title'])
if this_bill is None:
this_bill = self.create_bill(bill)
is_new_bill = True
else: is_new_bill = False
this_bill.rank = bill['rank']
import urllib
self.request_args = {'bill_id': bill['id']}
self.formatted_args = urllib.urlencode(self.request_args)
from google.appengine.api import urlfetch
fetch_page = urlfetch.fetch( url = OPENCONGRESS_INFO_URL + self.formatted_args,
method = urlfetch.GET)
from utils.BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
document = BeautifulSoup(fetch_page.content)
property_count = 0
this_bill.introduction_date = str(document.findAll('li')[property_count]).split('</strong> ')[1].split('</li>')[0]
this_bill.status = str(document.findAll('li')[property_count + 1]).split('</strong> ')[1].split('</li>')[0]
if this_bill.status == "This Bill Has Become Law": property_count = -1 # no next step
else: this_bill.next_step = str(document.findAll('li')[property_count + 2]).split('</strong> ')[1].split('</li>')[0]
this_bill.latest_action = str(document.findAll('li')[property_count + 3]).split('</strong> ')[1].split('</li>')[0]
if len( this_bill.latest_action ) > 68: this_bill.latest_action = " ".join(this_bill.latest_action.split(' ')[:9]) + "..."
this_bill.sponsor = str(document.findAll('li')[property_count + 4]).split('</strong> ')[1].split('</li>')[0].decode('utf-8')
this_bill.sponsor_name = this_bill.sponsor.split("[")[0]
self.save.append(this_bill)
if is_new_bill: self.send_email_updates(this_bill)
return
def get(self):
"""
Renders an frame with a webpage used to create quizzes. For this app,
the frame contains the text of pending Congressional legislation.
"""
import urllib
bill_name = urllib.unquote( self.request.path.split('/bill/')[1] )
self.this_bill = Bill.get_by_key_name(bill_name)
if self.this_bill is None:
logging.error('bill %s not found', bill_name)
return self.redirect('/bill_not_found')
from models import ProficiencyTopic
template_values = {'url': self.get_bill_url(), 'subject_key': APP_NAME,
'topic_name': self.this_bill.title, }
path = tpl_path(TEMPLATE_PATH + 'iframe.html')
self.response.out.write(template.render(path, template_values))
return
