make geonames search param configurable (#3198)

so we can change it to `name_startsWith` for ANSA
to restore previous behaviour.

SDANSA-582

Author: petrjasek

superdesk/default_settings.py

@@ -924,11 +924,15 @@ def local_to_utc_hour(hour):
 #: controll error notifications globally
 ERROR_NOTIFICATIONS = strtobool(env("SUPERDESK_ERROR_NOTIFICATIONS", "true"))
 
+
 #: geonames config
 GEONAMES_USERNAME = env("GEONAMES_USERNAME")
 GEONAMES_TOKEN = env("GEONAMES_TOKEN")
 GEONAMES_URL = env("GEONAMES_URL", "http://api.geonames.org/")
 GEONAMES_FEATURE_CLASSES = ["P"]
+#: Which param to use for geonames search (e.g. 'name', 'name_startsWith')
+#: .. versionadded:: 2.11
+GEONAMES_SEARCH_PARAM = env("GEONAMES_SEARCH_PARAM", "name")
 #: Set how much metadata should be returned
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.33

superdesk/places/places_autocomplete.py

@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ class PlacesAutocompleteResource(superdesk.Resource):
 
 class PlacesAutocompleteService(superdesk.Service):
     def get(self, req, lookup):
-        assert req.args.get("name"), {"name": 1}
+        search_param = app.config.get("GEONAMES_SEARCH_PARAM", "name")
+        name_value = req.args.get("name")
+        assert name_value, {"name": 1}
         params = [
-            ("name", req.args.get("name")),
+            (search_param, name_value),
             ("lang", req.args.get("lang", "en").split("-")[0]),
             ("style", req.args.get("style", app.config["GEONAMES_SEARCH_STYLE"])),
         ]