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+#!/usr/lib/python2.7
+
+# MIT License.
+# Copyright 2014 Frances Hocutt
+
+# growingrecs.py is a command-line tool to help you plan your garden.
+# Given a crop, it uses the Growstuff API to  finds the most common conditions
+# that Growstuff users have used for that crop: how much sun, and whether they
+# planted from seeds, seedlings, rootstock, etc.).
+
+import requests
+import string
+
+def getcropinfo(crop):
+    """Given a crop, gets the data available in Growstuff.
+
+    crop - a string with the crop to get data on. Whitespace and capitalization
+           are ok.
+    """
+    cropslug = slugify(crop)
+    cropinfo = apirequest(cropslug)
+    return cropinfo
+
+def slugify(crop):
+    """Creates a slug. Lowercases, trims whitespace, replaces " " with "-"."""
+    crop = string.lower(crop)
+    crop = string.strip(crop)
+    crop = crop.replace(" ", "-")
+    return crop
+
+def apirequest(cropslug):
+    """Given a slug, retrieves data from the Growstuff API. Returns a dict.
+
+    If the API returns an error, the user is prompted to try again.
+    """
+    URI = "http://growstuff.org/crops/%s.json" % cropslug
+    r = requests.get(URI)
+    if r.status_code == 200:
+        cropinfo = r.json()
+        return cropinfo
+    elif r.status_code == 404:
+        #this gives NoneType not subscriptable errors, #FIXME
+        print ("We couldn't find that crop. "
+               "Please enter a crop that is in the Growstuff database.\n")
+        run()
+    else:
+        print "API error, please try again.\n"
+        run()
+
+def parseplantings(cropinfo):
+    """Counts how many plantings have the same (planted_from, sunniness) combo.
+
+    Returns a dict with frequency of conditions and an int with the total
+    number of plantings.
+
+    cropinfo - a dict from the API's json output
+    """
+    planting_info = {}
+    plantings_count = cropinfo["plantings_count"]
+    for item in cropinfo["plantings"]:
+        conditions = (item["planted_from"], item["sunniness"])
+        if conditions in planting_info:
+            planting_info[conditions] += 1
+        else:
+            planting_info[conditions] = 1
+    return (planting_info, plantings_count)
+
+def mostplantings(planting_info):
+    """Returns a tuple with the most frequent conditions:
+       (planted_from, sunniness)."""
+    v = list(planting_info.values())
+    k = list(planting_info.keys())
+    return k[v.index(max(v))]
+
+def run():
+    crop = raw_input("What would you like to plant?\n")
+    cropinfo = getcropinfo(crop)
+    planting_info, plantings_count = parseplantings(cropinfo)
+    if plantings_count > 0:
+        planted_from, sunniness = mostplantings(planting_info)
+        print "%s was planted %s times." % (crop, plantings_count)
+        print "It was most often planted from %s in %s." % (planted_from, 
+                                                            sunniness)
+    else:
+        print "%s has not been planted yet." % crop
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run()
+
+def test(crop, cropinfo):
+    """Same as run() but without the API call."""
+    planting_info, plantings_count = parseplantings(cropinfo)
+    if plantings_count > 0:
+        planted_from, sunniness = mostplantings(planting_info)
+        print "%s was planted %d times." % (crop, plantings_count)
+        print "It was most often planted from %s in %s." % (planted_from,
+                                                            sunniness)
+    else:
+        print "%s has not been planted yet." % crop
+