etherpad-lite push

pad-push.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Using https://github.com/comzeradd/python-etherpad_lite
from etherpad_lite import EtherpadLiteClient, EtherpadException
import os

# Etherpad-lite API key and url
apikey = ''
base_url = ''

# Directory of old pad txt dumps
txt_dir = 'remo-dumps/'
# Prefix to create new pads
prefix = 'remo'

c = EtherpadLiteClient(base_params={'apikey': apikey}, base_url=base_url)

# Iterate through the given directory and create/overwrite the pad
for counter, filename in enumerate(os.listdir(txt_dir)):
    text = open(os.path.join(txt_dir, filename), "r").read()
    padid = '{0}-{1}'.format(prefix, filename).split('.txt')[0]
    print 'Pushing pad {0}: {1}'.format(counter, padid)
    try:
        c.createPad(padID=padid, text=text)
    except EtherpadException:
        c.setText(padID=padid, text=text)