SImple file uploader (with hard-coded paths) for CKAN

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib2
import urllib
import json
import pprint
import requests
import random
import string

base_url = "http://w0414.uws.edu.au/"
api_key = open(".ckankey").read() # Put your key in a file called ".ckan"

def make_dataset(name,notes):

   dataset_dict = {
       'name': name,
       'notes': notes,
   }

   # dataset_dict['groups'] = groups

   # Use the json module to dump the dictionary to a string for posting.
   data_string = urllib.quote(json.dumps(dataset_dict))
   return data_string

def post_dataset(data_string):
# We'll use the package_create function to create a new dataset.
   request = urllib2.Request(
       base_url + '/api/action/package_create')

   # Creating a dataset requires an authorization header.
   # Replace *** with your API key, from your user account on the CKAN site
   # that you're creating the dataset on.
   request.add_header('Authorization', api_key)

   # Make the HTTP request.
   response = urllib2.urlopen(request, data_string)
   assert response.code == 200

   # Use the json module to load CKAN's response into a dictionary.
   response_dict = json.loads(response.read())
   assert response_dict['success'] is True

   # package_create returns the created package as its result.
   created_package = response_dict['result']
   pprint.pprint(created_package)

   
def add_file(name, filename):
   """ Upload a file (filename) to an existing set (name)"""
   requests.post(base_url + '/api/action/resource_create',
            data={"package_id": name},
            headers={"X-CKAN-API-Key": api_key},
            files=[('upload', file(filename))])
   

for i in range(0, 5):   
   set_name = ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(8))
   print set_name
   my_set = make_dataset(set_name, set_name)
   post_dataset(my_set)
   add_file(set_name, "/Users/pt/Desktop/21/P7210019.JPG")