Modified export script to work with csv only

Author: katembu

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ casexml
 =======
 An application for generating and pushing CaseXML to commcareHQ
 
-This applications both works for CSV document or Dictionary and it auto fill data to casexml template.
+This applications both works for CSV document and it auto fill data to casexml template.
 This template is then pushed to commcare or saved in the output folder.
 
 How it works:
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ How it works:
 
     # CSV heading should match the template tags
 
-    # To run: $ python casexml.py format filename_location template_name
+    # To run: $ python casexml.py filename_location template_name
 
 Variables
 ==========
-format:             This is  format of data you want to read. It can be either csv, or dict for dictionary 
 
 filename_location:  This is the exact file_name. Use absolute location of tttthe file and dont forget to add file extension.
 
@@ -27,5 +26,5 @@ example:
 ========
 To generate casexml for data in Patient.csv and the casexml template is patient.xml use this command.
 
-$python casexml.py csv Patient.csv template/patient.xml
+$python casexml.py Patient.csv template/patient.xml
 

casexml.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim: ai ts=4 sts=4 et sw=4 encoding=utf-8
+
 import os
 import sys
 import csv
@@ -20,55 +23,41 @@ class Main:
     save = True
     template = ""
     submit = False
-           
+
     def __init__(self):
         ''' Get arguments '''
         args = sys.argv
         if len(args):
             try:
                 self.format = args[1].lower()
                 self.file_name = args[2]
-                self.save = args[4]
                 self.template = args[3]
-                self.submit = args[5]
             except:
                 self.format = ""
                 self.file_name = ""
-                self.save = True
                 self.template = ""
-                self.submit = False
 
-            if self.format not in ('csv','dict'):
+            if self.format not in ('csv'):
                 self.help()
             else:
-                if self.format =='csv':
-                    if not check_file(self.file_name, "csv"):
-                        print "Invalid file location or file does not exist." \
-                              "Check if it has a .csv extenion"
-                    else:
-                        self.export_csv()
-                if self.format =='dict':
-                    print "Working on data dictionary"
+                if not check_file(self.file_name, "csv"):
+                    print "Invalid file location or file does not exist." \
+                          "Check if it has a .csv extenion"
+                else:
+                    self.export_csv()
         else:
             self.help()
 
-
     def help(self):
         print (u"------------------------------------------\n"
                 "GENERATE CASEXML USING DATA AND TEMPLATE \n"
                 "------------------------------------------\n"
                 "Contains function to generate Casexml and save or \n"
                 "submit to CommcareHq\n"
-                "To run:\n $ python casexml.py  datasource_type filename template "
-                "save=True/False submit=True/False\n\nOPTIONS:\n-------- \n"
-                "datasource_type     Type of data Source. can be either csv, "
-                "dictionary(data) \n"
-                "filename            Fullname of the file holding data., "
-                " Incase of dictionary, pass the dictionary \n"
-                "template            Template Name, including .xml extension\n"
-                "save                If to save xml output or not. Forms "
-                "are stored in output directory")
-
+                "To run:\n $ python casexml.py csvfile template "
+                "\n\nOPTIONS:\n-------- \n"
+                "csvfile     A full path of csv file to be exported to"
+                " CommcareHQ ")
 
     def export_csv(self):
         info = {}
@@ -77,22 +66,22 @@ def export_csv(self):
             print "Template doesnot exist, or invalid template. Check if " \
                     "it has a .xml extenion"
             return 0
-        
+
         try:
             data = csv.reader(open(self.file_name, 'rb'))
         except:
             print "Data doesnt exist"
-        
-        #Remove Header       
+
+        #Remove Header
         header = data.next()
         info = {}
         #Loop through each row and get data
         for x in data:
             for label, value in zip(header, x):
                 info[label] = value
-            
+
             form = CaseXMLInterface(info, self.template)
-            #save_casexmlform(self,form)
+            save_casexmlform(form)
             transmit_form(form)
 
 

utils.py

@@ -8,29 +8,30 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 import const as CONST
 
+
 def transmit_form(form):
     ''' Submit data to commcare server '''
-    
+
     xml_form = form.render()
     headers = {"Content-type": "text/xml", "Accept": "text/plain"}
-    
+
     try:
         DOMAIN_URL = CONST.COMMCARE_URL
         SUBMIT_CASEXML = CONST.SUBMIT_TO_COMMCARE
     except:
         SUBMIT_CASEXML = False
         DOMAIN_URL = u""
-    
+
     if SUBMIT_CASEXML:
 
         print DOMAIN_URL
-        
+
         url = DOMAIN_URL
         up = urlparse(url)
         conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(up.netloc) if url.startswith("https") \
-                                        else httplib.HTTPConnection(up.netloc) 
+                                        else httplib.HTTPConnection(up.netloc)
         conn.request('POST', up.path, xml_form, headers)
-        resp =  conn.getresponse()
+        resp = conn.getresponse()
         responsetext = resp.read()
         assert resp.status == 201, 'Bad HTTP Response'
         assert "Thanks for submitting" in responsetext, "Bad response text"
@@ -45,12 +46,13 @@ def save_casexmlform(form):
     except:
         STORE_FORM = False
         STORE_LOCATION = u"/tmp"
-    
+
     if STORE_FORM:
         print "Saving Form in output folder"
         f = open("%(path)s/casexml_%(date)s.xml" % {\
-                             'path': STORE_LOCATION, \
-                             'date': datetime.now().strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H:%M:%S")},  'wb', buffering=1)
+                'path': STORE_LOCATION, \
+                'date': datetime.now().strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H:%M:%S")}, \
+                'wb', buffering=1)
 
         f.write(str(xml_form))
         f.close()
@@ -64,4 +66,3 @@ def check_file(file_name, ftype):
         exist = False
 
     return exist
-