def parseCsv(filename, checkUrl):
'''
create a list of events based on the input csv file
'''
data = csv.reader(open(filename))
# Read the column names from the first line of the file
fields = data.next()
# class for the name of each event
# print fields
eventName = EventName(fields)
eventList = []
# for each of the event given
# create a event object for it with the data
for row in data:
# Zip together the field names and values
items = zip(fields, row)
componentUrl = {}
# create a dictionary of component name to its url for this event
for (name, value) in items:
if not name.strip()== 'name':
# Validate the url given
if checkUrl and not validurl.verifyUrl(value.strip()):
print >> sys.stderr, value.strip() + " invalid url"
exit(1)
componentUrl[name.strip()] = value.strip()
e = event.Event(eventName(items), componentUrl)
eventList.append(e)
return eventList
def manualMode(opt):
'''
Handle user input through command line to get url information for a event
'''
print welcomeMessage
eventName = raw_input("name of this event:")
newEvent = event.Event(eventName)
# collect information for each commponent for this event
for com in componentList:
if chooseComponent(com):
url = readUrl(com)
# validate the given url if requested by user
if opt.verifyUrl:
if not validurl.verifyUrl(url):
print "ERROR: " + url + "is not valid. Abort."
newEvent.addUrl(com, url)
return [newEvent]
