def person_from_tmdb_id(cls, tmdb_id):
"""Return a Person object with the specified tmdb_id. As a side effect, create the Person in
the database and fill in their name from themoviedb if they don't already exist in the database."""
person, created = cls.objects.get_or_create(tmdb_id=tmdb_id)
# if the Person is already in the db, we won't change it at all, the assumption
# being that all Persons will be added with this method so info will always correct.
if created:
result = tmdb_person.getPersonInfo(tmdb_id)
person.name = result['name']
person.save()
return person
def get_person_thumbnail(tmdb_id):
person = tmdb_person.getPersonInfo(tmdb_id)
if "thumbnail" in person:
return person["thumbnail"]