Updating _getCode to be case-insensitive

ligo/gracedb/rest.py

@@ -445,18 +445,24 @@ class GraceDb(GsiRest):
         return GsiRest.request(self, method, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def _getCode(self, input_value, code_dict):
-        """Check if input is valid.
-           Return coded version if it is"""
-        #  code_dict is dict of { code : descriptive_name }
-        if input_value in list(code_dict.keys()):
-            # Already coded
+        """
+        Check if input is valid and return coded version if it is
+        code_dict is dict of { code : descriptive_name }
+        """
+        # Quick check for simple case where it's already coded
+        if input_value in code_dict:
             return input_value
-        if not input_value in list(code_dict.values()):
-            # Not valid
-            return None
-        return [code
-                for code, name in code_dict.items()
-                if name == input_value][0]
+
+        # Loop over code_dict items, if we match either the key or
+        # value (case-insensitive), return the code.
+        input_lower = input_value.lower()
+        for code, display in six.iteritems(code_dict):
+            if (input_lower == code.lower() or
+                input_lower == display.lower()):
+                return code
+
+        # Not found, return None
+        return None
 
     # Search and filecontents are optional when creating an event.
     def createEvent(self, group, pipeline, filename, search=None, labels=None,