def new_person(self, *arguments, **keywords):
"""Return a Person object."""
# XXX: not really useful...
if keywords.has_key('name'):
if not isinstance(keywords['name'], UnicodeType):
keywords['name'] = unicode(keywords['name'],
encoding, 'replace')
elif len(arguments) > 1:
if not isinstance(arguments[1], UnicodeType):
arguments[1] = unicode(arguments[1], encoding, 'replace')
return Person.Person(accessSystem=self.accessSystem,
*arguments, **keywords)
def new_person(self, *arguments, **keywords):
"""Return a Person object."""
# XXX: not really useful...
if 'name' in keywords:
if not isinstance(keywords['name'], str):
keywords['name'] = str(keywords['name'], encoding, 'replace')
elif len(arguments) > 1:
if not isinstance(arguments[1], str):
arguments[1] = str(arguments[1], encoding, 'replace')
return Person.Person(accessSystem=self.accessSystem,
*arguments,
**keywords)
def search_person(self, name, results=None):
"""Return a list of Person objects for a query for the given name.
The results argument is the maximum number of results to return."""
if results is None:
results = self._results
try:
results = int(results)
except (ValueError, OverflowError):
results = 20
res = self._search_person(name, results)
return [Person.Person(personID=self._get_real_personID(pi),
data=pd, modFunct=self._defModFunct,
accessSystem=self.accessSystem) for pi, pd in res][:results]
def get_person(self, personID, info=Person.Person.default_info, modFunct=None):
"""Return a Person object for the given personID.
The personID is something used to univocally identify a person;
it can be the imdbID used by the IMDb web server, a file
pointer, a line number in a file, an ID in a database, etc.
info is the list of sets of information to retrieve.
If specified, modFunct will be the function used by the Person
object when accessing its text fields (like 'mini biography')."""
personID = self._normalize_personID(personID)
personID = self._get_real_personID(personID)
person = Person.Person(personID=personID, accessSystem=self.accessSystem)
modFunct = modFunct or self._defModFunct
if modFunct is not None:
person.set_mod_funct(modFunct)
self.update(person, info)
return person
def new_person(self, *arguments, **keywords):
"""Return a Person object."""
# XXX: not really useful...
return Person.Person(accessSystem=self.accessSystem,
*arguments,
**keywords)