simple utility script to take a newline-separated list of facts and insert to database

for Facts.py, supporting the format (if you want to call it that)
supported by FactFile.py

scripts/factfile-to-facts.py

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+"""
+factfiles-to-facts - insert facts from flat file to database
+Copyright (C) 2010  Brian S. Stephan
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import getpass
+import os
+import sqlite3
+import socket
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-f', '--factfile')
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--category')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.factfile == None or args.category == None:
+        print('script needs both -c (category) and -f (filename)')
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    # database
+    dbfile = 'dr.botzo.data'
+    db = sqlite3.connect(dbfile)
+
+    # open file
+    if os.path.isfile(args.factfile):
+        with open(args.factfile, 'r') as file:
+            lines = file.readlines()
+            for line in lines:
+                try:
+                    line = line.rstrip()
+                    print('inserting \'' + line + '\'')
+                    db.execute('''INSERT INTO facts_facts (category, fact, who, userhost)
+                        VALUES (?,?,?,?)''', (args.category, line.decode('utf-8', 'ignore'), getpass.getuser(), getpass.getuser() + '@' + socket.getfqdn()))
+                except sqlite3.Error as e:
+                    db.rollback()
+                    print("sqlite error: " + str(e))
+                    sys.exit(2)
+
+            db.commit()
+    else:
+        print('filename \'' + whats[0] + '\' doesn\'t exist')
+
+
+# vi:tabstop=4:expandtab:autoindent
+# kate: indent-mode python;indent-width 4;replace-tabs on;