csv_to_users.py

#! /usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright 2017 Tom SF Haines

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import sys
import os.path
import json
import csv



# Takes a csv file of <name>, <internal name>, <project>, .. as many projects as you want and generates accounts in the user directory. Ignores any account that already exists and queries config.json to make sure it's doing the right thing. Note that it assumes images go in a path that starts 'images:'...

language = "english"



# Check we have a filename...
if len(sys.argv)<2:
  print('Usage: ./csv_to_users.py <csv file>')
  sys.exit(1)



# Load the configuration...
f = open('config.json', 'r')
config = json.loads(f.read())
f.close()



# Load the csv file, and loop each line in turn...
for row in csv.reader(open(sys.argv[1], newline='')):
  name = row[0].strip()
  username = row[1].strip()
  projects = [n.strip() for n in row[2:] if len(n)!=0]
  
  
  fn = os.path.join(config['users'], username + '.json')
  if not os.path.exists(fn):
    print('Adding:')
    print('  name = %s' % name)
    print('  username = %s' % username)
    print('  projects = %s' % str(projects))
    
    f = open(fn, 'w')
    json.dump({'ident' : username, "name" : name, "image" : "images::%s.jpg"%username, "projects" : projects, "language" : language}, f, indent=1)
    f.close()
  
  else:
    print('%s already exists - skipping' % username)