XLR Data inserter using python

dataInserter.py

import json
import urllib, urllib2, base64

def get_config_id(title, username="admin", password="admin"):
    params = {"configurationType": "configuration.HttpConnection", "title":title}
    request = urllib2.Request("http://localhost:5516/api/v1/config/byTypeAndTitle?%s" % urllib.urlencode(params))
    base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (username, password)).replace('\n', '')
    request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)   
    result = urllib2.urlopen(request)
    return json.load(result)[0]["id"]   

def replace_config_title_with_id(adict, configs):
    for key, value in adict.iteritems():
        if key in configs.split(","):
            adict[key] = get_config_id(value)
        elif type(value) is dict and value:
            replace_config_title_with_id(value, configs)
        elif type(value) is list:
            for ad in value:
                if type(ad) is dict and ad:
                    replace_config_title_with_id(ad,configs)

def import_template(template, username="admin", password="admin", folder_id = None):
    print "Inserting template with title [%s]" % template["title"]
    url = "http://localhost:5516/api/v1/templates/import"
    if folder_id:
        url += "?folderId=%s" % folder_id
    request = urllib2.Request(url, "[%s]" % json.dumps(template), {'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
    base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (username, password)).replace('\n', '')
    request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)   
    result = urllib2.urlopen(request)

def import_release(release, username="admin", password="admin"):
    print "Inserting release with title [%s]" % release["title"]
    request = urllib2.Request("http://localhost:5516/fixtures/release", json.dumps(release), {'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
    base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (username, password)).replace('\n', '')
    request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)   
    result = urllib2.urlopen(request)

def getopts(argv):
    opts = {}  # Empty dictionary to store key-value pairs.
    while argv:  # While there are arguments left to parse...
        if argv[0][0] == '-':  # Found a "-name value" pair.
            opts[argv[0]] = argv[1]  # Add key and value to the dictionary.
        argv = argv[1:]  # Reduce the argument list by copying it starting from index 1.
    return opts

if __name__ == '__main__':
    from sys import argv
    myargs = getopts(argv)
    username = "admin"
    password = "admin"
    folder = None
    configs = None
    if '-u' in myargs:
        username = myargs['-u']
    if '-p' in myargs:
        password = myargs['-p']
    if '-l' in myargs:
        folder = myargs['-l']
    if '-c' in myargs:
        configs = myargs['-c']
    if '-f' in myargs:  # Example usage.
        with open(myargs['-f']) as json_data:
            d = json.load(json_data)
            for item in d:
                if configs:
                    replace_config_title_with_id(item, configs)
                if item["status"] == "TEMPLATE":
                    import_template(item, username, password, folder)
                else:
                    import_release(item, username, password)