Playing with ActiveResource just a bit more

before trashing all of it.  What I really ought to be doing is playing
with Sequel or getting more cozy with ActiveRecord.

ares/client.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ class Person < ActiveResource::Base
   def family
     Family.find(self.surname.downcase)
   end
+
+  def family=(family_surname)
+    self.surname = family_surname
+    Family.find(family_surname)
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    STDERR.puts("#{e.class.name}:#{e.message}\n#{e.backtrace.join("\n")}")
+    Family.create(surname: family_surname.downcase)
+  end
 end
 
 class Family < ActiveResource::Base

ares/server/helpers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import json
+
+def json_loads_from_request(request):
+    raw = request.body.s_iter.read(int(request.headers['Content-Length']))
+    return json.loads(raw)

ares/www/families.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import json
 from server.families import Families
+from server.helpers import json_loads_from_request
 
 __families__ = Families()
 
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ __families__ = Families()
 if GET:
     response.body = __families__.getall()
 elif POST:
-    family = json.loads(
+    family = json_loads_from_request(request)['family']
-        request.body.s_iter.read(int(request.headers['Content-Length']))
-    )['family']
     family_id = __families__.add(family)
     response.headers['Location'] = '/families/{}.json'.format(family_id)
     family['id'] = family_id

ares/www/people.json

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import json
 from server.people import People
-from aspen import Response
+from server.helpers import json_loads_from_request
 
 __people__ = People()
 
@@ -9,12 +8,11 @@ __people__ = People()
 if GET:
     response.body = __people__.getall()
 elif POST:
-    person = json.loads(
+    person = json_loads_from_request(request)['person']
-        request.body.s_iter.read(int(request.headers['Content-Length']))
-    )['person']
     person_id = __people__.add(person)
     response.headers['Location'] = '/people/{}.json'.format(person_id)
-    response.body = {}
+    person['id'] = person_id
-    raise Response(201)
+    response.body = person
+    response.code = 201
 
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