Merge pull request #74 from z3c0/test (v0.9.33)

v0.9.33

Author: z3c0

.github/workflows/perform-integration-tests.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
+      - name: Wait 15 minutes for new version to become available
+        run: |
+          sleep 15m
       - name: Install test dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip

README.md

@@ -484,9 +484,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
 ### Why was Vistos created?
 
-Due to the competitive nature of the American economy, media outlets have been forced to set themselves apart from each other by marketing themselves to certain sets of ideologies. When occurring en masse, this can cause a single issue to be fractured into wildly-divergent perspectives. In moderation, this is a good thing, as reporting on the multiple perspectives around a single issue is integral to a functional democratic society. However, the rift between these perspectives has become so great that the average person can have a very difficult time getting a handle on the facts of a common political topic. To counter the confusion created by the media, citizens will need easier access to a more objective record of happenings within the political world. Fortunately, the publishing of such information is an existing function of the U. S. legislative branch, via the [Government Publishing Office](https://www.gpo.gov/). For more than a century, this has been the primary source for data pertaining to all three branches of the U. S. Government. While both media and GPO data are available on the internet, the succint delivery of a news article is much more alluring to the average citizen than the wordiness of a [congressional bill](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748). If the average citizen is going to become less reliant on modern media for poltical information, work will need to be done to bridge this gap. The goal of Vistos is not necessarily to be the bridge over said gap, but to be the foundation on which to build the bridge.
-
-**Plainly stated, the function of Vistos is to enable people to more easily gather and present poltical information.** This idea is meant to be the guiding thought for defining the scope of Vistos - that is to say that any data that enables U. S. citizens to be more politically informed can be considered an option for Vistos. This is, without a doubt, a very broad scope. If left uncheck, this approach could turn Vistos into a tool that does a lot of things very poorly, with no clear direction. To guide new additions to the project and prevent the project from falling into a state of over-ambitious aimlessness, all new work will be weighed against how easy it is to implement against what exists already.
+Plainly stated, the function of Vistos is to enable people to more easily gather and present poltical information. This idea is meant to be the guiding thought for defining the scope of Vistos - that is to say that any data that enables U. S. citizens to be more politically informed can be considered an option for Vistos. To guide new additions to the project and prevent the project from falling into a state of over-ambitious aimlessness, all new work will be weighted by how easy it is to implement against what exists already.
 
 ### So why Python?
 

vistos/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.31
+0.9.33

vistos/src/gpo/bioguideretro.py

@@ -146,6 +146,22 @@ def party(self) -> str:
         return self[fields.Term.PARTY]
 
 
+class BioguideTermList(list):
+    """A list-based class for handling multiple BioguideTermRecords"""
+
+    def __init__(self, term_list: List[BioguideTermRecord]):
+        super().__init__()
+        for term in term_list:
+            self.append(term)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.to_json()
+
+    def to_json(self) -> str:
+        """Returns the current member list as a JSON string"""
+        return json.dumps(self)
+
+
 class BioguideMemberRecord(dict):
     """A class for handing bioguide member data"""
 
@@ -261,7 +277,7 @@ def biography(self) -> str:
         return self[fields.Member.BIOGRAPHY]
 
     @property
-    def terms(self) -> List[BioguideTermRecord]:
+    def terms(self) -> BioguideTermList:
         """a US Congress member's terms"""
         return self[fields.Member.TERMS]
 
@@ -368,7 +384,6 @@ def members(self) -> BioguideMemberList:
 BioguideMembersFunc = Callable[[], BioguideMemberList]
 BioguideMemberFunc = Callable[[], BioguideMemberRecord]
 BioguideCongressFunc = Callable[[], BioguideCongressRecord]
-BioguideTermList = List[BioguideTermRecord]
 
 
 # Bioguide Functions
@@ -471,7 +486,7 @@ def _merge_terms(term_records: BioguideTermList) -> BioguideTermList:
         except KeyError:
             merged_terms[term.congress_number] = term
 
-    return list(merged_terms.values())
+    return BioguideTermList(merged_terms.values())
 
 
 def _query_member_by_id(bioguide_id: str) -> BioguideMemberRecord: