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+"""
+Controller for integration with NIST data.
+
+Place this in: <galaxy_home>/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers
+and then it can be accessed via URL:
+
+    http://<galaxy_url>/nist_controller/get_nistdata
+    e.g.
+    http://dev1.ab.wurnet.nl:8088/nist_controller/get_nistdata
+
+"""
+
+import urllib2
+from galaxy.web.base.controller import BaseUIController, url_for, error, web
+
+
+class NistController( BaseUIController ):
+    """
+    Provides some services for the NIST html report
+    """
+
+    @web.expose
+    def get_nistdata( self, trans, casnr=None ):
+        """
+        Generate a redirect to NIST webbook web app
+        casNr example: "C537268"
+        
+        """
+        
+        nist_response = _fire_query_and_return_content("http://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?JCAMP="+ casnr + "&Index=0&Type=Mass")
+        peak_table = nist_response.split("##PEAK TABLE=(XY..XY)")[1].split("##END=")[0]
+        peak_table = peak_table.replace("\n", " ").strip()
+        return peak_table
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+def _fire_query_and_return_content(url):
+    '''
+    This method will fire the HTTP call and 
+    return the results 
+    '''
+    
+    try:
+        data = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
+        
+        return data
+        
+    except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+        raise Exception( "HTTP error for URL: " + url + " : %s - " % e.code + e.reason)
+    except urllib2.URLError, e:
+        raise Exception( "Network error: %s" % e.reason.args[1] + ". Error accessing remote service [" + url + "]  ")
+    
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