From f0eea0ccbbbc296ad6119ccf43f0b7391d0b0510 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ammarpad <ammarpad@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:49:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use preferredName if available

---
 extra/update_gnd_id_qualifiers.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extra/update_gnd_id_qualifiers.py b/extra/update_gnd_id_qualifiers.py
index 3bf56e6..c6c3315 100644
--- a/extra/update_gnd_id_qualifiers.py
+++ b/extra/update_gnd_id_qualifiers.py
@@ -83,13 +83,18 @@ def getTargetVal(id):
     if result.status_code == 200:
         res = result.json()
         if res['@type'] == 'person':
+            preferredName = res.get('preferredName', None)
+
+            if preferredName:
+                return preferredName
+
             pref = res.get('prefix', '')
             sname = res.get('surname', '')
             fname = res.get('forename', '')
             if not fname or (fname and sname == ''):
                 return fname if fname else None
 
-            val = '%s, %s' %(sname, fname)
+            val = '%s %s' %(sname, fname)
             val = ('%s %s' %(val, pref)) if pref else val
 
     return val