Converts running data files to csv, for plotting.

loeb.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from __future__ import print_function
from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
from dateutil.parser import parse as dateparse
from time import mktime
import sys

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    filename = sys.argv[1]
else:
    filename = 'runninglog.xml'

if len(sys.argv) > 2:
    csvfilename = sys.argv[2]
else:
    csvfilename = 'runninglog.csv'

logfile = open(filename, 'r')
log = parseString('<root>' + logfile.read() + '</root>')
logfile.close()

csvout = open(csvfilename, 'w')
for point in log.getElementsByTagName('point'):
    time = mktime(dateparse(point.attributes['time'].value).timetuple())
    if 'hr' in point.attributes.keys():
        hr = point.attributes['hr'].value
    else:
        hr = ''
    print(int(time), hr, sep=',', file=csvout)
csvout.close()