do_import.py

#!/bin/env python
import json
import requests
import sys
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
from pprint import pprint

def fetch_metadata(fl):
  with open(fl, "r") as content:
    data = json.load(content)
    return data

def do_import(cv_id, path, metadata_location):
  return requests.post("http://localhost:3000/katello/api/content_imports/version", auth=HTTPBasicAuth('admin', 'changeme'), json = {'content_view_id': cv_id, 'path':path, 'metadata': fetch_metadata(metadata_location)})

if len(sys.argv) != 4:
  print("usage: ", sys.argv[0], '<Content View Id> <path> <metadata_file_location>')
  sys.exit(-1)
pprint(do_import(*sys.argv[1:]).json())