searchArtist.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import sys
import json
import cgi

# Import my local code
from FS_common import *
from search_keywords import *

# Reads in the list of keywords, searches them, and spits out a JSON data structure for JavaScript

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theform = cgi.FieldStorage();
searchterm = theform.getvalue("term");

KEYWORD_FILE = KM_Keyword_Cache;

matching_keyword_list = search_keywords("artists", searchterm, KEYWORD_FILE);
# matching_keyword_list = ['A:Chad Burkins', 'A:Jim Heimbecker', 'A:Tom Burkins', 'A:Art Powl', 'A:Meghan Burkins'];

JSON_Matching_Keywords = json.JSONEncoder().encode(matching_keyword_list);

print "Content-Type: text/json"
print
print JSON_Matching_Keywords;

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