Brain views

This is the module that the user will use to connect to the database. This can be defined in either a web page or in a REST API call. This module is the ‘V’ in the MVC framework for the brain.

class brain.views.AnimalDetail(**kwargs)

Returns the animal string. It is used with this URL: http://server/animal/DKXX and it returns all animal info.

get(request, pk, format=None)

This method safely gets the object and serializes it.

Parameters:

pk – animal name as the primary key.

Returns:

a HTTP response with the serialized data.

get_object(pk)

This method safely gets an animal object.

Parameters:

pk – animal name as the primary key.

Returns:

Either the object or a useful error message.

class brain.views.AnimalList(**kwargs)

List all animals for the REST API.

get(request, format=None)

Gets all active animals ordered by the prep_id (animal name).

Returns:

serialized animal objects

class brain.views.ScanResolution(**kwargs)

A simple class to return the x,y,z scan resolution.

get(request, prep_id='Atlas', format=None)

This fetches the xy and z scan resolution for an animal.

Parameters:

• request – HTTP request

• prep_id – name of the animal, defaults to ‘Atlas’

• format – None

Returns:

a simple dictionary containing the xy and z resolution.

brain.views.image_list(request)

A method to provide a list of all active animals in a nice dropdown menu format.

Returns:

HTML for the dropdown menu