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-rw-r--r--wqflask/base/trait.py17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/wqflask/base/trait.py b/wqflask/base/trait.py
index 0527449b..39dd075e 100644
--- a/wqflask/base/trait.py
+++ b/wqflask/base/trait.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
import string
import resource
import codecs
+import requests
import redis
Redis = redis.StrictRedis()
@@ -120,11 +121,17 @@ class GeneralTrait(object):
@property
def alias_fmt(self):
'''Return a text formatted alias'''
- if self.alias:
- alias = string.replace(self.alias, ";", " ")
- alias = string.join(string.split(alias), ", ")
- else:
- alias = 'Not available'
+
+ alias = 'Not available'
+ if self.symbol:
+ response = requests.get("http://gn2.genenetwork.org/gn3/gene/aliases/" + self.symbol)
+ alias_list = json.loads(response.content)
+ alias = "; ".join(alias_list)
+
+ if alias == 'Not available':
+ if self.alias:
+ alias = string.replace(self.alias, ";", " ")
+ alias = string.join(string.split(alias), ", ")
return alias