def get_business_info():
"""return a json element with businesses associated to the given category"""
category = request.args.get("searchTerm", "")
try:
# get category object with search term
category_object = Category.get_category_by_name(category)
except NoResultFound:
return jsonify({"data": "Can't find matches"})
# getting businesses associated with elected category
try:
businesses = category_object.categories_business
# when we have multiple matches, we get a list -> categories_business throws
# AttributeError (list does not have that attribute
except AttributeError:
# todo: turn list of objects into one big object to pass to JS
return jsonify({"data": "Can't find matches"})
return jsonify(Business.serialize_business_object(businesses))
