Create Plone Documents programatically from the shell/script

create_plone_doc.py

'''
create_plone_doc.py
Create Plone Document from debug shell.

Useful for creating content automatically in Plone. Think data import from other CMSes. etc.
'''

from wrap import wrap #see http://gist.github.com/75207
from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
import transaction

app = wrap(app, 'admin', 'passwd') 
# `test` is the plone site
urltool = getToolByName(app.test, 'portal_url')
portal = urltool.getPortalObject()

#place you want to create the content, here its the root of the site
container = portal 

#create a transaction
t = transaction.get()

#create an object
id = 'helloworld'
container.invokeFactory(type_name="Document", id=id)
doc = container[id]
doc.setTitle("Hello world")
doc.setText("<h3>Section 1</h3> <p>Introduction</p>")

#is the doc published? No.
container.portal_workflow.getInfoFor(doc, 'review_state', '')
wftool = container.portal_workflow
wftool.doActionFor(doc, 'publish', comment='publishing programmatically')

# set Tags
doc.setSubject(('foo', 'bar'))

# allow comments
doc.allowDiscussion(True)

#exclude from navigation as this is in top level
#and default behaviour is to create a nav tab for children at root
doc.setExcludeFromNav(True)

#Create a folder
id = 'programming'
container.invokeFactory(type_name="Folder", id=id)
fol = container['programming']
wftool.doActionFor(fol, 'publish', comment='publishing folder')

# commit changes
t.commit()