def getBlurb(self, topic, cnt=None, addPeriod=True):
"""Answer a generated article text with the estimated cnt length."""
txt = Blurb().getBlurb(topic, cnt=cnt)
while txt and txt[-1] in ',:;-':
txt = txt[:-1]
if addPeriod and not txt.endswith('.'):
txt += '.'
elif txt.endswith('.'):
txt = txt[:-1]
#txt = txt.capitalize()
return txt
def getAnkeiler(self, cnt=None):
u"""Answer a blurb ankeiler. Make sure it does end with '.'"""
ankeiler = Blurb().getBlurb('article_ankeiler', cnt=cnt)
while ankeiler and ankeiler[-1] in ',:;-':
ankeiler = ankeiler[:-1]
if not ankeiler.endswith('.'):
ankeiler += '.'
return ankeiler