Materials-Consortia / Materials-Consortia/optimade-python-tools

Eliminate `get_providers` and put similar functions into `optimade.server.data`

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Description

Ideally, we eliminate get_providers or put that and similar functions into optimade.server.data

Originally posted by @shyamd in https://github.com/Materials-Consortia/optimade-python-tools/pull/374#issuecomment-649752362

An optimization is possible here, especially for the utility function get_providers().

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Research direction

Review the get_providers utility and identify the similar functions referenced in the issue, then compare their current locations with optimade.server.data. Define the consolidation boundary before changing anything; done means get_providers is eliminated or moved there with the similar functions while preserving existing behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend-api-design
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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