refined country parsing code

web/app/data.py

             country_dict = {"label": "number of records", "data": country_numbers, "backgroundColor": random_colour}
         else:
             country = pycountry.countries.get(alpha_2=country_data[i])
-            if country is None:
+            if country is not None:
+                country_labels.append(country.name)
+                country_data[i] = country
+            else:
                 country = pycountry.historic_countries.get(alpha_2=country_data[i])
-            country_labels.append(country.name)
-            country_data[i] = country
+                if country is not None:
+                    country_data[i] = country
+                    country_labels.append(country.name)
+                else:
+                    country_labels.append(country_data[i])
     country_dataset.append(country_dict)
 
-    germany = pycountry.countries.get(alpha_2='DE')
-
-    return render_template('data.html', total_number=total_number, year_data=year_data, year_labels=year_labels, year_dataset=year_dataset, country_data=country_data, country_labels=country_labels, country_dataset=country_dataset, germany=germany)
+    return render_template('data.html', total_number=total_number, year_data=year_data, year_labels=year_labels, year_dataset=year_dataset, country_data=country_data, country_labels=country_labels, country_dataset=country_dataset)

web/app/solr.py

     # search for the country in the content element and display it
     country_code = re.search('FT=D[^\s]*\s(\w{2})', input)
     country = pycountry.countries.get(alpha_2=country_code.group(1))
-    if country is None:
-        country = pycountry.historic_countries.get(alpha_2=country_code.group(1))
     if country is not None:
         output['country'] = country
+    else:
+        country = pycountry.historic_countries.get(alpha_2=country_code.group(1))
+        if country is not None:
+            output['country'] = country
+        else:
+            output['country'] = country_code.group(1)
 
     return output
 

web/app/templates/data.html

       {% if i % 2 %}
         {{ country_data[i] }}<br>
       {% else %}
-        {{ country_data[i].name }} {{ country_data[i].flag }}:
+        {% if country_data[i].name is defined %}
+          {{ country_data[i].name }} {{ country_data[i].flag }}:
+        {% else %}
+          {{ country_data[i] }}:
+        {% endif %}
       {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}
   </div>

web/app/templates/record.html

     {% if result['country'] is defined %}
     <p class="mb-2">
       Country:
-      {{ result['country'].name }}
-      {{ result['country'].flag }}
+      {% if result['country'].name is defined %}
+        {{ result['country'].name }} {{ result['country'].flag }}
+      {% else %}
+        {{ result['country'] }}
+      {% endif %}
     </p>
     {% endif %}
 

web/app/templates/search.html

     {% if result['country'] is defined %}
     <p class="mb-2">
       <span class="emphasis">Country:</span>
-      {{ result['country'].name }}
-      {{ result['country'].flag }}
+      {% if result['country'].name is defined %}
+        {{ result['country'].name }} {{ result['country'].flag }}
+      {% else %}
+        {{ result['country'] }}
+      {% endif %}
     </p>
     {% endif %}