integrate handleURL into Import

frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const Import = {
         console.warn(err)
         return topicsPromise.resolve([])
       }
-      topicsPromise.resolve(data.map(row => self.lowercaseKeys(row)))
+      topicsPromise.resolve(data.map(row => self.normalizeKeys(row)))
     })
 
     const synapsesPromise = $.Deferred()
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const Import = {
         console.warn(err)
         return synapsesPromise.resolve([])
       }
-      synapsesPromise.resolve(data.map(row => self.lowercaseKeys(row)))
+      synapsesPromise.resolve(data.map(row => self.normalizeKeys(row)))
     })
 
     $.when(topicsPromise, synapsesPromise).done((topics, synapses) => {
@@ -225,23 +225,25 @@ const Import = {
     var self = Import
 
     parsedTopics.forEach(function (topic) {
-      var x, y
-      if (topic.x && topic.y) {
-        x = topic.x
-        y = topic.y
-      } else {
-        const coords = AutoLayout.getNextCoord()
-        x = coords.x
-        y = coords.y
+      let coords = { x: topic.x, y: topic.y }
+      if (!coords.x || !coords.y) {
+        coords = AutoLayout.getNextCoord()
       }
 
-      if (topic.name && topic.link && !topic.metacode) {
-        topic.metacode = 'Reference'
+      if (!topic.name && topic.link ||
+          topic.name && topic.link && !topic.metacode) {
+        self.handleURL(topic.link, {
+          coords,
+          name: topic.name,
+          permission: topic.permission,
+          import_id: topic.id
+        })
+        return // "continue"
       }
 
       self.createTopicWithParameters(
         topic.name, topic.metacode, topic.permission,
-        topic.desc, topic.link, x, y, topic.id
+        topic.desc, topic.link, coords.x, coords.y, topic.id
       )
     })
   },
@@ -344,6 +346,47 @@ const Import = {
     Synapse.renderSynapse(mapping, synapse, node1, node2, true)
   },
 
+  handleURL: function (url, opts = {}) {
+    let coords = opts.coords
+    if (!coords || coords.x === undefined || coords.y === undefined) {
+      coords = AutoLayout.getNextCoord()
+    }
+
+    const name = opts.name || 'Link'
+    const metacode = opts.metacode || 'Reference'
+    const import_id = opts.import_id || null // don't store a cidMapping
+    const permission = opts.permission || null // use default
+    const desc = opts.desc || url
+
+    Import.createTopicWithParameters(
+      name,
+      metacode,
+      permission,
+      desc,
+      url,
+      coords.x,
+      coords.y,
+      import_id,
+      {
+        success: function(topic) {
+          if (topic.get('name') !== 'Link') return
+          $.get('/hacks/load_url_title', {
+            url
+          }, function success(data, textStatus) {
+            var selector = '#showcard #topic_' + topic.get('id') + ' .best_in_place'
+            if ($(selector).find('form').length > 0) {
+              $(selector).find('textarea, input').val(data.title)
+            } else {
+              $(selector).html(data.title)
+            }
+            topic.set('name', data.title)
+            topic.save()
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    )
+  },
+
   /*
    * helper functions
    */
@@ -352,6 +395,7 @@ const Import = {
     console.error(message)
   },
 
+  // TODO investigate replacing with es6 (?) trim()
   simplify: function (string) {
     return string
       .replace(/(^\s*|\s*$)/g, '')
@@ -360,9 +404,13 @@ const Import = {
 
 
   // thanks to http://stackoverflow.com/a/25290114/5332286
-  lowercaseKeys: function(obj) {
+  normalizeKeys: function(obj) {
     return _.transform(obj, (result, val, key) => {
-      result[key.toLowerCase()] = val
+      let newKey = key.toLowerCase()
+      if (newKey === 'url') key = 'link'
+      if (newKey === 'title') key = 'name'
+      if (newKey === 'description') key = 'desc'
+      result[newKey] = val
     })
   }
 }

frontend/src/Metamaps/PasteInput.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* global $ */
 
-import AutoLayout from './AutoLayout'
 import Import from './Import'
 import Util from './Util'
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ const PasteInput = {
     var self = PasteInput
 
     if (text.match(self.URL_REGEX)) {
-      self.handleURL(text, coords)
+      Import.handleURL(text, coords)
     } else if (text[0] === '{') {
       Import.handleJSON(text)
     } else if (text.match(/\t/)) {
@@ -68,42 +67,6 @@ const PasteInput = {
     }
   },
 
-  handleURL: function (text, coords) {
-    var title = 'Link'
-    if (!coords || !coords.x || !coords.y) {
-      coords = AutoLayout.getNextCoord()
-    }
-
-    var import_id = null  // don't store a cidMapping
-    var permission = null // use default
-
-    Import.createTopicWithParameters(
-      title,
-      'Reference', // metacode - todo fix
-      permission,
-      text, // desc - todo load from url?
-      text, // link - todo fix because this isn't being POSTed
-      coords.x,
-      coords.y,
-      import_id,
-      {
-        success: function(topic) {
-          $.get('/hacks/load_url_title', {
-            url: text
-          }, function success(data, textStatus) {
-            var selector = '#showcard #topic_' + topic.get('id') + ' .best_in_place'
-            if ($(selector).find('form').length > 0) {
-              $(selector).find('textarea, input').val(data.title)
-            } else {
-              $(selector).html(data.title)
-            }
-            topic.set('name', data.title)
-            topic.save()
-          })
-        }
-      }
-    )
-  }
 }
 
 export default PasteInput