def get_hour_stats():
"""Get hour data to be rendered on charts.js"""
map_categories = str(request.args.get("map_categories")) #put JS returned into string
map_categories_list = map_categories.strip("]").strip("[").split(",") #put string into list
category_list = []
for category in map_categories_list: #iterate through the list to strip out quotes and add to a list
category_stripped = category.strip('"')
category_list.append(category_stripped)
if map_categories != "None": #if there is no checkbox checked JS will return "None" as a string
return Crime_Stat.get_hour_data_category(category_list) #call class method querying database by hour and provided catory and returns graph variable
else:
return Crime_Stat.get_hour_data() #if no categories provided, get all data regardless of category (this is what happens when page first loads)
