support to species names containing forward slash

routes.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import glob
 import sys
 import os
 import base64
+import urllib
 
 from operator import itemgetter
 
@@ -736,6 +737,8 @@ def get_cluster(db_name, ref, chrom):
         print "no such manager"
         abort(404)
 
+    ref     = urllib.unquote(ref)
+
     cluster = get_cluster_raw(man, ref, chrom)
     #print cluster
     #if cluster is None:
@@ -844,12 +847,15 @@ def get_cluster(db_name, ref, chrom):
 
 @app.route("/api/data/<db_name>/<ref>/<chrom>", methods=['GET'])
 def get_data(db_name, ref, chrom):
+    print "get data"
     man  = getManager( db_name )
 
     if man is None:
         print "no such manager"
         abort(404)
 
+    ref  = urllib.unquote(ref)
+
     data = check_get_data(man, ref, chrom, request)
 
     if data is None:

static/js/controller.js

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ var mainController = function ( $scope, $http, mySharedService ) {
 
                 console.log('REQUESTING DATA');
 
-                $http.get('api/data/'+$scope.databaseQry+'/'+$scope.specieQry+'/'+$scope.chromosomeQry)
+                $http.get('api/data/'+$scope.databaseQry+'/'+encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent($scope.specieQry))+'/'+$scope.chromosomeQry)
                     .success( $scope.receiveData      )
                     .error(   $scope.receiveDataError );