def get_speaker_metadata(self, speaker):
pieces = speaker.split(' of ')
lastname = pieces[0].lower()
if lastname.startswith('mr.') or lastname.startswith('ms.') or lastname.startswith('mrs.'):
i = lastname.find('.')
lastname = lastname[i+1:].strip()
if len(pieces) > 1:
state = pieces[1]
else:
state = None
# get the chamber info
chamber = self.get_text('chamber').lower()
if chamber == 'senate':
position = 'senator'
else:
position = 'representative'
day = self.get_text('day')
month = self.get_text('month')
year = self.get_text('year')
date = '%s-%s-%s' % (year, numeric_months[month.lower()], day)
if chamber == 'extensions':
chamber = 'house'
#data = db_bioguide_lookup(lastname, self.get_text('congress'), position, state)
data = db_bioguide_lookup(lastname, self.get_text('congress'), chamber, date, state)
if not data or len(data) > 1:
data = fallback_bioguide_lookup(speaker, self.get_text('congress'), position)
if not data:
msg = 'No data or too many responses for %s, %s, %s, %s\n' % (lastname, self.year, position, state)
print msg
logfile = initialize_logfile()
logfile.write('%s: %s' % (self.filename, msg))
logfile.flush()
return None
match = data[0]
#for k, v in match.iteritems():
# match[k] = v.encode('utf-8')
xml = ''
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_bioguide', match['bioguide'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_party', match['party'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_state', match['state'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_firstname', match['firstname'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_middlename', match.get('middlename', ''))
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_lastname', match['lastname'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_title', match['title'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_district', match['district'])
return xml
def get_speaker_metadata(self, speaker):
pieces = speaker.split(' of ')
lastname = pieces[0].lower()
if lastname.startswith('mr.') or lastname.startswith('ms.') or lastname.startswith('mrs.'):
i = lastname.find('.')
lastname = lastname[i+1:].strip()
if len(pieces) > 1:
state = pieces[1]
else:
state = None
# get the chamber info
chamber = self.get_text('chamber').lower()
if chamber == 'senate':
position = 'senator'
else:
position = 'representative'
# add some redundancy into the bioguide lookup (servers can be sketchy)
tries = 1
data = False # use False because bioguide_lookup returns None if no data found.
while data == False and tries < 3:
try:
data = db_bioguide_lookup(lastname, self.year, position, state)
except:
tries += 1
if not data or len(data) > 1:
print data
print 'No data or too many responses for %s, %s, %s, %s' % (lastname, self.year, position, state)
return None
xml = ''
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_bioguide', data[0]['bioguide'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_party', data[0]['party'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_state', data[0]['state'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_firstname', data[0]['firstname'])
xml += '''<field name="%s">%s</field>\n''' % ('speaker_lastname', data[0]['lastname'])
return xml
