Add fuzzy matching

mapit/urls.py

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
     url(r'^areas/(?P<type>[A-Z0-9,]*[A-Z0-9]+)%s$' % format_end, areas.areas_by_type),
     url(r'^areas/(?P<name>.+?)%s$' % format_end, areas.areas_by_name),
     url(r'^areas$', areas.deal_with_POST, {'call': 'areas'}),
+
+    url(r'^fuzzyareas/(?P<name>.+?)%s$' % format_end, areas.areas_by_name_fuzzy),
+
     url(r'^code/(?P<code_type>[^/]+)/(?P<code_value>[^/]+?)%s$' % format_end, areas.area_from_code),
 ]
 

mapit/views/areas.py

@@ -252,6 +252,17 @@ def areas_by_name(request, name, format='json'):
     return output_areas(request, 'Areas starting with %s' % name, format, areas)
 
 
+@ratelimit(minutes=3, requests=100)
+def areas_by_name_fuzzy(request, name, format='json'):
+    args = query_args(request, format)
+    args['name__similar'] = name
+    areas = Area.objects.filter(**args)\
+                .extra(select={'distance': "similarity(mapit_area.name, %s)"},
+                       select_params=[name])\
+                .order_by('-distance')
+    return output_areas(request, 'Areas matching %s' % name, format, areas)
+
+
 @ratelimit(minutes=3, requests=100)
 def area_geometry(request, area_id):
     area = _area_geometry(area_id)

project/settings.py

@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.gis',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'djorm_pgtrgm',
     'mapit',
 ]
 if django.get_version() < '1.7':