/**
* Find breed_id through breed name ($breed)
* or create another breed if not found
*
* @param String $breed
* @return Integer
*/
private function findOrCreateBreed($breed)
{
$breedInstance = Breed::where('name', 'like', $breed)->get()->first();
if ($breedInstance) {
return $breedInstance->id;
} else {
$newBreed = Breed::create(['name' => $breed]);
return $newBreed->id;
}
}
public function load_breeds()
{
$data = array("apikey" => \Config::get('rescue_groups_org.apikey'), "objectType" => "animalBreeds", "objectAction" => "publicList", "search" => array("resultLimit" => 300, "fields" => array("breedID", "breedName")));
$this->breed_list = $this->postToApi($data);
$count = 0;
// var_dump($this->breed_list);
foreach ($this->breed_list['data'] as $key => $value) {
var_dump($key, $value);
try {
$breedName = $value['name'];
$speciesName = $value['species'];
$breedArray = ['id' => $key, 'name' => $breedName, 'species' => $speciesName, 'description_url' => 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/' . str_replace(' ', '_', $breedName)];
Breed::create($breedArray);
$count++;
} catch (Exception $e) {
print "<p>" . $e->getMessage() . "</p>";
}
}
print "Created {$count} Breeds</p></p>";
return View::make('pages.breed.load', compact('breeds'));
}
