def get_fact(res, fact_name):
"""
Get the fact with the given name from the database
"""
cfg = Config.get()
resource_id = Exporter.get_id(res)
fact_value = None
if cfg["config"]["offline"] == "true":
fact_value = Offline.get().get_fact(resource_id, fact_name, Unknown(source = res))
else:
url = cfg["config"]["server"] + "/fact/%s?id=%s" % (fact_name, resource_id)
try:
with request.urlopen(url) as f:
fact_value = f.read().decode('utf-8')
except:
fact_value = Unknown(source = res)
if cfg["config"]["unknown-dummy"] == "true" and isinstance(fact_value, Unknown):
return dummy_value
Stats.get("get fact").increment()
return fact_value
