From c0a220abc9921a41b35f5746f0b03f712fc68154 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin Howard <devin@callysto.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 11:52:05 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] allow synapses to be imported by topic name as well as id

---
 frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js
index 6788335f..91da38cf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js
@@ -253,12 +253,16 @@ const Import = {
 
     parsedSynapses.forEach(function (synapse) {
       // only createSynapseWithParameters once both topics are persisted
+      // if there isn't a cidMapping, check by topic name instead
       var topic1 = Metamaps.Topics.get(self.cidMappings[synapse.topic1])
+      if (!topic1) topic1 = Metamaps.Topics.findWhere({ name: synapse.topic1 })
       var topic2 = Metamaps.Topics.get(self.cidMappings[synapse.topic2])
+      if (!topic1) topic1 = Metamaps.Topics.findWhere({ name: synapse.topic1 })
+
       if (!topic1 || !topic2) {
         console.error("One of the two topics doesn't exist!")
         console.error(synapse)
-        return true
+        return // next
       }
 
       // ensure imported topics have a chance to get a real id attr before creating synapses
@@ -407,6 +411,7 @@ const Import = {
   normalizeKeys: function(obj) {
     return _.transform(obj, (result, val, key) => {
       let newKey = key.toLowerCase()
+      newKey = newKey.replace(/\s/g, '') // remove whitespace
       if (newKey === 'url') key = 'link'
       if (newKey === 'title') key = 'name'
       if (newKey === 'description') key = 'desc'