Feat: add publications endpoint to retrieve data from VCell API

Author: KacemMathlouthi

backend/app/controllers/vcelldb_controller.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     get_diagram_url,
     get_diagram_image,
     fetch_biomodel_applications_files,
+    fetch_publications,
 )
 
 
@@ -132,3 +133,24 @@ async def get_biomodel_applications_files_controller(biomodel_id: str) -> dict:
         )
     except Exception as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
+
+
+async def get_publications_controller() -> List[dict]:
+    """
+    Controller function to fetch publications from the VCell API.
+    Raises:
+        HTTPException: If the VCell API request fails.
+    """
+    try:
+        publications = await fetch_publications()
+        return publications
+    except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=e.response.status_code, detail="Error fetching publications."
+        )
+    except httpx.RequestError as e:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=500, detail="Error communicating with VCell API."
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))

backend/app/routes/vcelldb_router.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     get_diagram_url_controller,
     get_diagram_image_controller,
     get_biomodel_applications_files_controller,
+    get_publications_controller,
 )
 
 router = APIRouter()
@@ -89,3 +90,14 @@ async def get_biomodel_applications_files(biomodel_id: str):
         return await get_biomodel_applications_files_controller(biomodel_id)
     except HTTPException as e:
         raise e
+
+
+@router.get("/publications", response_model=List[dict])
+async def get_publications():
+    """
+    Endpoint to retrieve publications from the VCell API.
+    """
+    try:
+        return await get_publications_controller()
+    except HTTPException as e:
+        raise e