def _create_or_update_section(self, section_data, course_object):
section_code = section_data[
'CourseCode'] # E.g. 'ANTH088 PZ-01' not 'ANTH088'
# First, create the skeleton Section object, or get it if it already exists
try:
section_object, was_created = Section.objects.get_or_create(
term=self.current_term,
course=course_object,
code=section_code,
code_slug=slugify(section_code).upper())
except IntegrityError as e:
# The get_or_create call should prevent this from happening most of the time, but it's still possible
logger.error('{0} duplicate section: {1}\n'.format(
e.message, section_code))
return
# Set the data for all the Section properties
try:
section_object.description = sanitize(section_data['Description'])
section_object.note = BR_TAGS_REGEX.sub(
'\n', sanitize(section_data['Note'])).strip()
section_object.credit = float(section_data['Credits'])
section_object.requisites = section_data['Requisites'] == 'Y'
section_object.fee = FEE_REGEX.findall(
unicode(section_data['Description']))
section_object.grading_style = sanitize(
section_data['GradingStyle'])
except Exception as e:
logger.error('{0} corrupted data for section {1}: {2}\n'.format(
e.message, section_code, section_data))
# Link the Section with its Instructor
if section_data['Instructors']:
for instructor in section_data['Instructors']:
instructor_object, _ = Instructor.objects.get_or_create(
name=instructor['Name'])
section_object.instructors.add(instructor_object)
# Save the fully-formed Section
section_object.save()
# Create the Meeting objects for this Section
if section_data['Schedules']:
section_object.meeting_set.all().delete(
) # Delete all the old Meeting records for this Section first
for meeting_data in section_data['Schedules']:
if meeting_data['Weekdays'] != '':
parsed_meeting_data = self._parse_meeting_data(
meeting_data=meeting_data)
if parsed_meeting_data:
meeting_object = Meeting(
section=section_object,
monday=parsed_meeting_data['monday'],
tuesday=parsed_meeting_data['tuesday'],
wednesday=parsed_meeting_data['wednesday'],
thursday=parsed_meeting_data['thursday'],
friday=parsed_meeting_data['friday'],
begin=parsed_meeting_data['begin'],
end=parsed_meeting_data['end'],
campus=parsed_meeting_data['campus'],
location=parsed_meeting_data['location'])
meeting_object.save()
if was_created:
logger.info('ADDED: section ' + section_code)
else:
logger.info('UPDATED: section ' + section_code)
