cannlypedia.py

from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
from rest_framework.response import Response


@api_view(["GET"])
def scholars(request, format=None):
    """Get information about scholars."""

    if request.method == "GET":
        author = request.query_params.get("q", None)
        if author:
            from scholarly import scholarly

            search_query = scholarly.search_author(author)
            author_source = next(search_query)
            author_data = {
                "author": author,
                "affiliation": author_source["affiliation"],
                "cited_by": author_source["citedby"],
                "email_domain": author_source["email_domain"],
                "interests": author_source["interests"],
                "photo_url": author_source["url_picture"],
            }
            return Response(author_data, content_type="application/json")

        # Return an error if no author is specified.
        error_message = (
            "Author not found in request. Specify ?q={url_encoded_author_name}"
        )
        return Response({"error": error_message}, content_type="application/json")