# connect to solr
print('Connecting to solr...')
solr = Solr(settings.SOLR_URL)
# pysolr doesn't try to connect until a request is made, so we'll make a ping request
try:
solr._send_request('GET', 'admin/ping')
except socket.error, e:
print('Failed to connect to solr - error was: %s' % str(e))
print('Aborting.')
sys.exit(2)
print('Connected.\n')
# ensure required tables exist
print("Creating tables if they don't exist...")
Site.createTable(ifNotExists=True)
Badge.createTable(ifNotExists=True)
User.createTable(ifNotExists=True)
print('Created.\n')
# SITE INFO
# only look if they were not specified at the command line; also only if
# readme.txt exists (they don't in dumps after Aug 2012)
readme_path = get_file_path(xml_root, 'readme.txt')
if not (site_name and dump_date) and readme_path:
# get the site name from the first line of readme.txt. This could be fragile.
with open(readme_path, 'r') as f:
site_readme_desc = f.readline().strip()
# assume if there's a colon in the name, the name part is before, and the date
# part is after.
