class TissCrawlerController < ApplicationController

  # self designed lib to call the Tiss API
  require 'tiss/tiss_crawler'

  def search
    # search context like 'People', 'Courses', etc is mandatory
    $search_context = params[:search_context]

    # evaluate the proper action regarding to the $search_context
    case $search_context
    when 'People'
      # redirect to people_show_basic, propagate the search_term
      redirect_to :action => 'people_show_basic', :search_term => params[:search_term]
    when 'Courses'
    when 'Theses'
    when 'Projects'
    else
      puts 'Undefined search context'
    end
  end

  def people_show_basic
    params[:api] = '/api/person/v22/psuche'
    params[:search_parameter] = 'q'
    puts params[:search_context]

    # TissCrawler performs general search over the available people
    @people = TissCrawler.search(params)
  end

  def person_show_detail
    params[:api] = '/api/person/v22/id/'

    # TissCrawler fetches the person's detail information
    @person = TissCrawler.get_details(params)
    # Host is needed for image rendering
    @host = TissCrawler.get_host
  end

  def person_add_to_fav
    puts params[:tiss_id]
    # create stores the object to the db after creation
    FavoritePerson.create(tiss_id: params[:tiss_id])
    # redirect and respond with success message
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to favorites_favorite_person_index_url, notice: 'Favorite person stored' }
    end
  end

end