taxref: add function to get scientific name

config.json.example

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
       "snore_rate": 1.0
     },
     "taxref": {
-      "commands": ["taxref"],
+      "commands": ["taxref", "scientifize"],
       "not_found_reply": "Not found!",
       "reply": "{sci_name}, {fr_name}, {family}, {cd_nom}, {cd_ref}",
       "ambiguous_reply": "Ambiguous! It can be: ",

edmond/plugins/taxref.py

@@ -22,11 +22,20 @@ class TaxrefPlugin(Plugin):
         if not self.should_handle_command(event.arguments[0]):
             return False
 
+        # "taxref"
         if self.command.ident == self.config["commands"][0]:
             self.search_by_name(self.command.content, event.target)
+        # "scientifize"
+        if self.command.ident == self.config["commands"][1]:
+            self.find_scientific_name(self.command.content, event.target)
         return True
 
     def search_by_name(self, name, target):
+        """Get species data from a scientific name.
+
+        Try to disambiguate the results by focusing on species only and their
+        scientific name.
+        """
         name = name.lower()
         enc_name = urllib.parse.quote(name)
         url = (
@@ -66,7 +75,8 @@ class TaxrefPlugin(Plugin):
                     if item["scientificName"].lower() == name
                 ]
                 if len(species_with_same_name) != 1:
-                    self.show_ambiguous_reply(species_items, target)
+                    reply = self.get_ambiguous_reply(species_items)
+                    self.bot.say(target, reply)
                     return
                 item_to_use = species_with_same_name[0]
 
@@ -80,9 +90,10 @@ class TaxrefPlugin(Plugin):
         )
         self.bot.say(target, reply)
 
-        self.show_images(item_to_use, target)
+        if (images_reply := self.get_images_reply(item_to_use)):
+            self.bot.say(target, images_reply)
 
-    def show_ambiguous_reply(self, items, target):
+    def get_ambiguous_reply(self, items):
         """Show a reply with potential species."""
         reply = self.config["ambiguous_reply"]
         append = ""
@@ -92,25 +103,64 @@ class TaxrefPlugin(Plugin):
         reply += ", ".join(item["scientificName"] for item in items)
         if append:
             reply += append
-        self.bot.say(target, reply)
+        return reply
 
-    def show_images(self, item, target):
+    def get_images_reply(self, item):
-        """If there are media available, show one!"""
+        """If there are media available, return one in a message.
-        m_url = item.get("_links", {}) .get("media", {}) .get("href")
+
+        Return a string with an URL to an image if one is available, or an
+        None if no image could be found or we encountered an error.
+        """
+        m_url = item.get("_links", {}).get("media", {}).get("href")
         if not m_url:
-            return
+            return None
 
         response = requests.get(m_url)
         if response.status_code != 200:
-            self.signal_failure(target)
+            return None
-            return
         media_data = response.json()
         items = media_data.get("_embedded", {}).get("media", [])
         if not items:
-            return
+            return None
 
         random_item = random.choice(items)
         media_href = random_item.get("_links", {}).get("file", {}).get("href")
         if not media_href:
+            return None
+        return "📷 " + media_href
+
+    def find_scientific_name(self, name, target):
+        """Find a corresponding scientific name for a vernacular name."""
+        name = name.lower()
+        enc_name = urllib.parse.quote(name)
+        url = (
+            f"{BASE_URL}/taxa/search?frenchVernacularNames={enc_name}"
+            "&page=1&size=100"
+        )
+        response = requests.get(url)
+        if response.status_code != 200:
+            self.signal_failure(target)
             return
-        self.bot.say(target, "📷 " + media_href)
+        data = response.json()
+        items = data.get("_embedded", {}).get("taxa", [])
+
+        if not items:
+            self.bot.say(target, self.config["not_found_reply"])
+            return
+
+        if len(items) == 1:
+            # Only one result: use it.
+            reply = items[0].get("scientificName")
+        else:
+            # More than one result? For simplicity sake, use the shrlok plugin
+            # if available or just show an ambiguous response.
+            if (shrlok := self.bot.get_plugin("shrlok")):
+                text = "\n".join(
+                    f"{i['frenchVernacularName']} → {i['scientificName']}"
+                    for i in items
+                ) + "\n"
+                reply = shrlok.post_text(text)
+            else:
+                reply = self.get_ambiguous_reply(items)
+
+        self.bot.say(target, reply)