breaking up scriptingLanguage filter

web/app/resources.py

 
 # function to get filters for a specific field 
 def get_filter_values(field):
+    # get field values for filter 
     field_filter = Resource.query.filter_by(type='tool').with_entities(getattr(Resource, field))
+    # turn SQLAlchemy object into list
     field_filter = [i for i, in field_filter]
+    # split each element on '/' (useful for scriptingLanguage only)
+    field_filter = [y for x in field_filter for y in x.split(' / ')]
+    # consolidate duplicate values
     field_filter = list(dict.fromkeys(field_filter))
+    # filter None values from list
     field_filter = filter(None, field_filter)
+    # sort list by alphabetical order
     field_filter = sorted(field_filter)
     return field_filter

web/app/templates/resources.html

 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 
 {% block content %}
+
+{{ languages_filter }}
+
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-12 text-center">
             <h1>{% block title %}

web/app/tool.py

         if key == 'practice':
             query = 'SELECT Resource.* FROM Resource LEFT JOIN Relationship ON Resource.id=Relationship.first_resource_id WHERE Relationship.second_resource_id=' + request.args.get(key) + ';'
             tools = db.engine.execute(query)
+        elif key == 'scriptingLanguage':
+            regex = request.args.get(key) + "$|" + request.args.get(key) + "\s\/"
+            tools = Resource.query.filter(Resource.scriptingLanguage.regexp_match(regex))
         else:
             kwargs = {'type': 'tool', key: request.args.get(key)}
             tools = Resource.query.filter_by(**kwargs)