Dict object has no attribute 'rstrip'

[adohertyd]

Me again! I don't know why I am getting this error. The process() function takes in a value session.term, processes it, and returns it as a dict type so that it can be mapped to URL's in the next function. The results() function sends the variable 'term' to 3 different API URL's which all should return some json results. The entireweb and blekko results come back fine if I leave out the bing call; however, the bing results cause the error 'Dict object has no attribute rstrip'. The problem has to be in the way I'm calling the Bing API. Would really appreciate some guidance here. Thanks! This is my default.py controller

def index():
    form = FORM('',
            INPUT(_name='query', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
            INPUT(_type='submit'))
    if form.process().accepted:
        session.term=request.vars.query
        redirect(URL('results'))
    elif form.errors:
        response.flash = 'form has errors'
    else:
        response.flash = 'please fill the form'
    return dict(form=form)
   
def __process():
    import urllib
    term=session.term
    #do some processing on term
    return dict(term=term)
   
def results():
    import urllib
    import requests #This is an external library in the site-packages folder
   
    blekko = "http://www.blekko.com/?q=%(term)s+/json&auth=f4c8acf3" % __process()
    blekkoresults = urllib.urlopen(blekko).read()
   
    entireweb = "http://www.entireweb.com/xmlquery?pz=<mykey>&ip=<myIP>&n=10&of=0&format=json&q=%(term)s" %__process()
    entresults = urllib.urlopen(entireweb).read()
   
    URL = "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/SearchWeb/Web?Query=%(term)s&$top=50&$format=json"
    API_KEY= 'mykey'
    term = __process()
    r = requests.get(URL % {'term': urllib.quote(term)}, auth=('', API_KEY))
    bingresults = r.json['d']['results']
   
    return blekkoresults, entresults, bingresults

[Jonathan Lundell]

On 5 Jul 2012, at 6:55 AM, adohertyd wrote:

Me again! I don't know why I am getting this error. The process() function takes in a value session.term, processes it, and returns it as a dict type so that it can be mapped to URL's in the next function. The results() function sends the variable 'term' to 3 different API URL's which all should return some json results. The entireweb and blekko results come back fine if I leave out the bing call; however, the bing results cause the error 'Dict object has no attribute rstrip'. The problem has to be in the way I'm calling the Bing API. Would really appreciate some guidance here. Thanks! This is my default.py controller

Where is rstrip being called, and on which variable?

One thing: avoid using URL as a variable name. The symbol is globally defined in web2py as the URL function you're calling in index(). You might be getting away with it here, but best to use another name.

[adohertyd]

That's the thing, I don't know where it is being called or why! I haven't specified it, so I'm assuming it's coming from this block of code:

 import requests  

    bing = "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/SearchWeb/Web?Query=%(term)s&$top=50&$format=json"

    API_KEY= 'mykey'
    term = __process()

    r = requests.get(bing % {'term': urllib.quote(term)}, auth=('', API_KEY))

    bingresults = r.json['d']['results']

This line in particular:

r=requests.get(bing % {'term': urllib.quote(term)}, auth=('', API_KEY))

[Jonathan Lundell]

On 5 Jul 2012, at 7:19 AM, adohertyd wrote:

That's the thing, I don't know where it is being called or why! I haven't specified it, so I'm assuming it's coming from this block of code:

 import requests   

    bing = "https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/SearchWeb/Web?Query=%(term)s&$top=50&$format=json"


    API_KEY= 'mykey'
    term = __process()
    r = requests.get(URL % {'term': urllib.quote(term)}, auth=('', API_KEY))
    bingresults = r.json['d']['results']

Don't you mean something like term = __process().get('term')?

[adohertyd]

No that's not it either Jonathan. The problem I think is with the {'term' : urllib.quote(term)}. I think that because 'term' is a dict type, the urllib.quote is having issues with it.

[Jonathan Lundell]

On 5 Jul 2012, at 7:47 AM, adohertyd wrote:

No that's not it either Jonathan. The problem I think is with the {'term' : urllib.quote(term)}. I think that because 'term' is a dict type, the urllib.quote is having issues with it.

That's what I mean. In the case of blekko and entireweb, you're using (implicitly) term = __process()['term'], but for Bing you're doing term = __process().

[adohertyd]

Oh I see now. Ok tried to implement that still no joy. I'm trying a number of different things still no luck. It's just a matter of perseverance I think!

[Jonathan Lundell]

On 5 Jul 2012, at 8:04 AM, adohertyd wrote:

Oh I see now. Ok tried to implement that still no joy. I'm trying a number of different things still no luck. It's just a matter of perseverance I think!

Show your current code, please. 

[adohertyd]

Ok, I've gotten around that little problem by doing the following:

r = requests.get("https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Data.ashx/Bing/SearchWeb/Web?Query=%(term)s&$top=50&$format=json" % __process(), auth=('', API_KEY))

It works for some reason! The problem now is outputting the json data but that's another beast entirely. Thanks for your time and help Jonathan