Updated error handling for better user experience.

Refactored code to improve performance.
Added new feature for enhanced functionality.
Fixed bug that caused application to crash.
Improved code readability and maintainability.
Removed unused variables and commented code.

Author: Ivan Cao-Berg

braininventory/get.py

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 def today():
     """
-	Get today's snapshot of Brain Image Library.
-	"""
+    Get today's snapshot of Brain Image Library.
+    """
 
     server = "https://download.brainimagelibrary.org/inventory/daily/reports/"
     filename = "today.json"
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ def __get_contributor(df):
 def __get_affilation(df):
     return df["affiliation"].value_counts().to_dict()
 
+
 def __get_awards(df):
     return df["award_number"].unique()
 
+
 def __get_award_number(df):
     return df["award_number"].value_counts().to_dict()
 
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ def __get_technique(df):
 def __get_locations(df):
     return df["locations"].value_counts().to_dict()
 
+
 def __get_contributors(df):
     """
     This returns an array of contributor names from the contributorname column.
@@ -96,33 +99,36 @@ def __get_contributors(df):
 
 
 def __get_project_names(df):
-	'''
-	Gets the unique list of project names.
+    """
+        Gets the unique list of project names.
 
     Input: dataframe
-    Output: list 
-    '''
-	return df['project'].unique()
+    Output: list
+    """
+    return df["project"].unique()
+
 
 def __get_list_of_projects(df):
-    '''
+    """
     Get the list of names for unique projects
 
     Input parameter: dataframe
     Output:  list of projects
-    '''
-    
-    return df['project'].unique().to_dict()
+    """
+
+    return df["project"].unique().to_dict()
+
 
 def __get_number_of_projects(df):
-    '''
+    """
     Get the number of unique projects
 
     Input parameter: dataframe
     Output:  number of projects
-    '''
-    
-    return len(df['project'].unique())
+    """
+
+    return len(df["project"].unique())
+
 
 def report():
     # Get today's date
@@ -137,7 +143,7 @@ def __get_genotype_frequency(df):
         """
         Write documentation here.
         """
-        return df['genotypes'].value_counts().to_dict()
+        return df["genotypes"].value_counts().to_dict()
 
     report = {}
     report["date"] = tdate