def get_tasks(): u = request.form['url'].lower() url = Utilities.get_shortened_url(u) url_3 = Utilities.get_shortened_url(u,3) return_only_parent = False # If url is same as parent url, return everything just for parent # Dont redundantly return for parent and itself if url == url_3 or url+'/' == url_3: return_only_parent = True ds = DataStore() if not return_only_parent: all_urls = Utilities.modify_url(url) print all_urls # If the same url is also a parent url, return all results of parent . # And skip individual url results for url in all_urls: result = ds.fetch(url) if result == False: print " Tried for url " + url else: x = {"result":result} return jsonify(x) # If for our exact url and its modifications , nothing got returned outer_url = "parent::" + Utilities.get_shortened_url(url,3) print outer_url result = ds.fetch_all_from_parent(outer_url) if result : x = {"result":result} return jsonify(x) else: if outer_url[-1] == '/': result = ds.fetch_all_from_parent(outer_url[:-1]) else: result = ds.fetch_all_from_parent(outer_url + '/') if result : x = {"result":result} return jsonify(x) # If there is still nothing to show return 'No Response'