Replace hierarchical DB lookup with a single key/value.

fetch_data/wikiparse.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class WikiParse(object):
     def __init__(self, wiki_username=None, wiki_password=None, verbose=False):
         self.site = mwclient.Site(WIKIPEDIA_URL)
         self.site.login(wiki_username, wiki_password)
-        self.births = rdict()
+        self.births = collections.defaultdict(list)
         if verbose:
             logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def fetch_data(self):
                     logger.warning("Skipping entry with bad year: " + birth_line)
                     continue
                 if year > MIN_YEAR:
-                    self.births[year][day.month][day.day] = person
+                    self.births["%d%s%s" % (year, day.month, day.day)].append(person)
                 else:
                     logger.debug("Skipping old entry: " + birth_line)
         logger.info("Finished Wikipedia parse")
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@ def parse_births(contents):
     return [b for b in birth_text.split("\n") if b.startswith("*")]
 
 
-def rdict(*args, **kw):
-    """Recursive Default Dictionary"""
-    return collections.defaultdict(rdict, *args, **kw)
-
-
 def parse_command_line_options():
     """Parse and return command line options."""
     parser = OptionParser()

server/requestHandlers.js

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ function lookup(query, response) {
   var year = querystring.parse(query)["year"];
   var month = querystring.parse(query)["month"];
   var day = querystring.parse(query)["day"];
-  var content = birthdayDB[year][month][day];
+  var key = year + month + day;
+  var content = birthdayDB[key];
 
   response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});
   response.write(content);