static char *maybeGetDescriptionText(char *db)
/* Slurp the description.html file for db into a string (if possible, don't die if
* we can't read it) and return it. */
{
struct errCatch *errCatch = errCatchNew();
char *descText = NULL;
if (errCatchStart(errCatch))
{
char *htmlPath = hHtmlPath(db);
if (isNotEmpty(htmlPath))
descText = udcFileReadAll(htmlPath, NULL, 0, NULL);
}
errCatchEnd(errCatch);
// Just ignore errors for now.
return descText;
}
static char *hAssemblyDescription(char *db)
/* Return a string containing db's description.html, or NULL if not found. */
//#*** LIBIFY: Code lifted from hgFind.c's hgPositionsHelpHtml.
{
char *htmlPath = hHtmlPath(db);
char *htmlString = NULL;
if (htmlPath != NULL)
{
if (fileExists(htmlPath))
readInGulp(htmlPath, &htmlString, NULL);
else if (startsWith("http://" , htmlPath) ||
startsWith("https://", htmlPath) ||
startsWith("ftp://" , htmlPath))
{
struct lineFile *lf = udcWrapShortLineFile(htmlPath, NULL, 256*1024);
htmlString = lineFileReadAll(lf);
lineFileClose(&lf);
}
}
return htmlString;
}
