Process author names

[m_librarian.git] / m_librarian / db.py

diff --git a/m_librarian/db.py b/m_librarian/db.py
index 6e08204acfcdac30da1ec9790b2132d9e7d8df14..ba091f3442286186c4cacb4de619f51078cb25cf 100755 (executable)
--- a/m_librarian/db.py
+++ b/m_librarian/db.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ['Author', 'Book', 'Extension', 'Genre', 'Language',
            'AuthorBook', 'BookGenre',
-           'init_db', 'insert_name', 'update_counters',
+           'init_db', 'insert_name', 'insert_author', 'update_counters',
            ]
 
 import os
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ def insert_name(table, name, **kw):
         return table(name=name, count=0, **kw)
 
 
+def insert_author(surname, name, misc_name):
+    try:
+        return Author.full_name_idx.get(
+            surname=surname, name=name, misc_name=misc_name)
+    except SQLObjectNotFound:
+        return Author(surname=surname, name=name, misc_name=misc_name, count=0)
+
+
 def update_counters():
     for author in Author.select():
         author.count = len(author.books)