First attempts at reforming the FirstnameSurname parsing

core/views/logbooks.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import re
+
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.views.generic.list import ListView
@@ -151,6 +153,35 @@ class QMs_jsonListView(ListView):
     template_name = "core/QMs_json_list.html"
     model = QM
 
+rx_person = re.compile(r"(?i)^(([A-Z]*[a-z\-\'&;]*)[^a-zA-Z]*)([a-z\-\']*[^a-zA-Z]*[\-]*[A-Z]*[a-zA-Z\-&;]*)$")
+rx_simple_person = re.compile(r"^([A-Z][a-z]*)[ ]*([A-Z][a-z]*)$")
+
+def better_person(request, name=""):
+    """Attempting to replace the name parser in urls.py with a more complex but 
+    more understandable one in the body of the code.
+    Unfortuantely the get_absolute_url Django funny is making life very difficult.
+    This is in models/troggle.py PersonExpedition and Person
+    We need a defined slug for a person, however complicated their name, before we can progress further, if we 
+    insist on using get_absolute_url().
+    
+    Probably simpler and clearer to maintainers NOT to use ANY get_absolute_url() in the templates.
+    """
+    names = rx_simple_person.match(name.strip(" /"))
+    if names:
+        first_name = names.group(1)
+        last_name = names.group(2)
+    else:
+        message = f"Name not recognised '{name}' - possibly French? (See our <a href=\"/handbook/troggle/namesredesign.html\">Proposal to fix this</a>)"
+        return render(request, "errors/generic.html", {"message": message})
+            
+    try:
+        this_person = Person.objects.get(first_name=first_name, last_name=last_name)
+    except:
+        message = f"Person not found {name} => '{first_name} {last_name}' - possibly Scottish? (See our <a href=\"/handbook/troggle/namesredesign.html\">Proposal to fix this</a>)"
+        return render(request, "errors/generic.html", {"message": message})
+
+    return render(request, "person.html", {"person": this_person})
+    
 def person(
     request,
     first_name="",