@@ -1 +1,2 @@ *.pyc +*.swp .gitignore @@ -61,13 +61,36 @@ class Comparison(NYTCongressApiObject): A comparison of how often two members of Congress voted in a given chamber and congress. """ + # storing these as attributes to save API requests + _first_member = None + _second_member = None + def __init__(self, d): self.__dict__ = d - self.first_member = nytcongress.members.get(self.first_member_id) - self.second_member = nytcongress.members.get(self.second_member_id) + + @property + def first_member(self): + if self._first_member is not None: + return self._first_member + else: + self._first_member = nytcongress.members.get(self.first_member_id) + return self._first_member + + @property + def second_member(self): + if self._second_member is not None: + return self._second_member + else: + self._second_member = nytcongress.members.get(self.second_member_id) + return self._second_member + + def __repr__(self): - return u'%s and %s agree %s percent of the time' % (self.first_member, self.second_member, self.agree_percent) + if self._first_member and self._second_member: + return u'%s and %s agree %s percent of the time' % (self.first_member, self.second_member, self.agree_percent) + else: + return u'%s%% agreement' % self.agree_percent # namespaces # nytcongressapi.py 2c2a57beea06f594aeb1ff17c778a8b396dd4f83 Chris Amico eyeseast@gmail.com http://github.com/dwillis/python-nytcongressapi/commit/ed3284d87fe9c8e0b43a756a44998a147ce9cc8b ed3284d87fe9c8e0b43a756a44998a147ce9cc8b 2009-10-14T10:25:14-07:00 2009-10-14T10:25:14-07:00 Added properties to Comparison class so we only hit the API for members when we need to. 7289e446f76ffa9d81bc2596f8a2109f4074fa05 Chris Amico eyeseast@gmail.com