Merge pull request #50 from TheAntiSnipe/dev

Built the getVersion() function

intermine/registry.py

@@ -8,6 +8,31 @@
 """
 
 
+def getVersion(mine):
+    """
+    A function to return the API version, release version and
+    InterMine version numbers
+    ================================================
+    example:
+
+        >>> from intermine import registry
+        >>> registry.getVersion('flymine')
+        >>> {'API Version:': '30', 'Release Version:': '48 2019 October',
+        'InterMine Version:': '4.1.0'}
+
+    """
+    link = "http://registry.intermine.org/service/instances/" + mine
+    try:
+        r = requests.get(link)
+        dict = json.loads(r.text)
+        return {
+            "API Version:": dict["instance"]["api_version"],
+            "Release Version:": dict["instance"]["release_version"],
+            "InterMine Version:": dict["instance"]["intermine_version"]
+        }
+    except KeyError:
+        return "No such mine available"
+
 def getInfo(mine):
     """
     A function to get information about a mine