[common][testutils] Added helper function to retrieve algorithms from data

beat/web/common/testutils.py

@@ -126,3 +126,11 @@ class BaseTestCase(TestCase):
             standard_codes = [400, 401, 403, 404, 405, 415]
             if status_code not in standard_codes:
                 self.assertEqual(len(response.content), 0)
+
+
+def get_algorithms_from_data(data, author_name):
+    """
+    Retrieves the algorithms from author_name in data
+    """
+
+    return  [x for x in data if x['name'] == author_name]