Source code for pytrials.utils
"""Basic utilities module"""
import requests
import csv
import re
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def request_ct(url):
"""Performs a get request that provides a (somewhat) useful error message."""
try:
response = requests.get(url)
response.raise_for_status()
except requests.HTTPError as ex:
raise ex
except ImportError:
raise ImportError(
"Couldn't retrieve the data, check your search expression or try again later."
)
else:
return response
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def json_handler(url):
"""Returns request in JSON (dict) format"""
return request_ct(url).json()
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def csv_handler(url):
"""Returns request in CSV (list of records) format"""
response = request_ct(url)
decoded_content = response.content.decode("utf-8")
cr = csv.reader(decoded_content.splitlines(), delimiter=",")
records = list(cr)
return records