from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
from datetime import datetime, date
import time
+import simplejson
import location
+from events import Event
+
def parse_json(json, lat, lng):
""" Parse json into usable format """
- pass
+ events_list = []
+ today = date.today()
+
+ events = json['events']['event']
+ for event in events:
+ venue_location = event['venue']['location']
+ address = '\n'.join([venue_location['street'],
+ venue_location['city'],
+ venue_location['country'],
+ venue_location['postalcode']])
+ venue_geo = venue_location['geo:point']
+ if type(event['artists']['artist']) == list:
+ artist = '\n'.join(event['artists']['artist'])
+ else:
+ artist = event['artists']['artist']
+
+ event_obj = Event(event['title'],
+ event['venue']['name'],
+ address,
+ venue_geo['geo:long'],
+ venue_geo['geo:lat'],
+ artist,
+ parse_date(event['startDate']))
+ event_list.append(event_obj)
+ return event_list
+
def parse_xml(xml, lat, lng):
""" Parse xml into a dict """