FIXME: Don't create a process to do this!

def search_authors(self, query):
        query = query.replace(" ", "+")
        """
        FIXME: Don't create a process to do this!
        """
        p = subprocess.Popen("curl -H 'Accept: application/orcid+json' \
                             'http://pub.sandbox-1.orcid.org/search/orcid-bio?q=" +
                             query + "&start=0&rows=10'",
                             shell=True,
                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                             stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
        jsonResults = ""
        for line in p.stdout.readlines():
            jsonResults = line

        self.authorsDict = json.loads(jsonResults)