From fc05f221c4fbbf4be31c0c1b2c9293eacb9ba680 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Zastrow <thomas.zastrow@mpcdf.mpg.de>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 15:42:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Implementing template functionality
---
mmd_tools/mmdCreate.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mmd_tools/mmdCreate.py b/mmd_tools/mmdCreate.py
index f785e49..cafc21b 100644
--- a/mmd_tools/mmdCreate.py
+++ b/mmd_tools/mmdCreate.py
@@ -3,23 +3,27 @@
from datetime import date
import uuid
import argparse
+import json
import mmdFormats
-
if __name__ == "__main__":
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("-o", help="specify output file")
parser.add_argument("-format", help="specify metadata format")
+ parser.add_argument("-template", help="A JSON file with some pre-filled key value pairs")
args = parser.parse_args()
outfile = "metadata.mmd"
+
+ # The outfile which will store the metadata:
if args.o:
print("Outputfile: ", args.o)
outfile = args.o
else:
print("Outputfile: metadata.mmd")
+ # Was there a metadataformat specified. If not, use MmdSimple:
if args.format:
print("Metadata format: ", args.format)
else:
@@ -29,9 +33,19 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
metadata = mmdFormats.DublinCore()
else:
metadata = mmdFormats.MmdSimple()
-
+
+ # Was there a template with JSON encoded key value pairs specified:
+ if args.template:
+ infile = open(args.template)
+ kvps = json.load(infile)
+ for entry in metadata.data:
+ if entry.name in kvps:
+ entry.value = kvps[entry.name]
+
+ # A UUID as id:
metadata.id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+ # Lets get the metadata from the user:
for entry in metadata.data:
if entry.vocabulary:
record = input(entry.tip + " [" + entry.value + " possible values: " + str(entry.vocabulary) +"]: ")
@@ -41,6 +55,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
if record != "":
entry.value = record
+ # Writing back the metadata:
outputfile = open(outfile, 'w')
outputfile.write(metadata.toJson())
outputfile.close()
\ No newline at end of file
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