A small script to add the VAT rate to the open register. It requires the python-requests library to be installed: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/

vat_rate.py

import json
import requests
import os


class OpenRegister(object):
    def __init__(self, endpoint):
        self.endpoint = endpoint

    def create(self, data):
        create_path = self.endpoint + "create"
        print create_path

        return requests.post(create_path,
                             data=json.dumps(data),
                             headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
                             auth=(os.environ["REGISTER_USER"],
                                   os.environ["REGISTER_PASS"]))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    rates = [
        {"rate": "15",
         "start-date": "1979-06-18",
         "end-date": "1991-03-18"},
        {"rate": "17.5",
         "start-date": "1991-03-19",
         "end-date": "2008-11-30"},
        {"rate": "15",
         "start-date": "2008-12-01",
         "end-date": "2009-12-31"},
        {"rate": "17.5",
         "start-date": "2010-01-01",
         "end-date": "2011-01-03"},
    ]

    register = OpenRegister("http://vat-rate.openregister.org/")

    for i, v in enumerate(rates):
        v["vat-rate"] = str(i + 2)
        print v
        print register.create(v)