def fbpage_to_place(fbpage, save=False):
if not fbpage.valid:
return None
p = Place()
# special parking/hours objects used to serialize to DB
# TODO: this is temporary. dig into django custom model field to make less hacky
p.hours = fbpage.get_hours()
parking = fbpage.get_parking()
if parking:
p.set_parking(parking)
location = fbpage.get_location()
if location is not None and save:
location.save()
p.location = location
p.name = fbpage.get_field('name', '').strip()[:200]
p.fb_id = fbpage.get_field('id', '').strip()[:50]
p.description = fbpage.get_field('description', '').strip()
# if no description, try 'about'
if not p.description:
p.description = fbpage.get_field('about', '').strip()
p.phone = fbpage.get_field('phone', '').strip()[:200]
p.url = fbpage.get_field('website', '').strip()
if p.url:
p.url = p.url.split()[0][:200]
try:
im_url = fbpage.get_picture_url(size='large')
p.image = imagefile_from_url(im_url)
except IOError:
# TODO: log network/image format error
pass
if save:
p.save()
return p
