first update of sidebar for new data format: show the info available from the brief portal data

TODO: retrieve the full portal data and update to include that

code/portal_data.js

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+/// PORTAL DATA TOOLS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// misc functions to get portal info
+
+// search through the links data for all that link from or to a portal. returns an object with separate lists of in
+// and out links. may or may not be as accurate as the portal details, depending on how much data the API returns
+window.getPortalLinks = function(guid) {
+
+  var links = { in: [], out: [] };
+
+  $.each(window.links, function(g,l) {
+    var d = l.options.data;
+
+    if (d.oGuid == guid) {
+      links.out.push(g);
+    }
+    if (d.dGuid == guid) {
+      links.in.push(g);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return links;
+}
+
+
+// search through the fields for all that reference a portal
+window.getPortalFields = function(guid) {
+  var fields = [];
+
+  $.each(window.fields, function(g,f) {
+    var d = f.options.data;
+
+    if ( d.points[0].guid == guid
+      || d.points[1].guid == guid
+      || d.points[2].guid == guid ) {
+
+      fields.push(g);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return fields;
+}