def get()

in python/thrift/flask_thrift.py [0:0]

• 15 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def get(table, key, column, type_):
    """
    Handle our incoming REST requests to interface with Bigtable.
    For POST or DELETE, we dispatch to other private methods.
    For GET, we handle right in this method.

    :param table: The table name we would like to interface with
    :param key: The row key of the row we are getting or mutating
    :param column: The fully qualified column name, including the column family
    prefix in the standard cf:column_name format
    :param type_: 'str' to store the byte string directly, or 'int' to
    parse the string as an integer and store it as an integer
    :return: A string indicating the result of the call.
    """
    if request.method == 'POST':
        _put(table, key, column, request.get_data(), type_)
        return "Updated."
    if request.method == 'DELETE':
        _delete_column(table, key, column)
        return "Deleted."

    with ThriftClient() as client:
        value = client.get_row(table, key)
        if not value:
            return "Not found"
        value = value[0].columns[column].value
        if type_ == 'int':
            value = _decode_int(value)
        return str(value)