diff -r 000000000000 -r df27f9610c82 src/iconolab_episteme/management/commands/importcollection.py
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+++ b/src/iconolab_episteme/management/commands/importcollection.py	Tue Jun 26 15:55:08 2018 +0200
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+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import pprint
+import re
+import shutil
+import imghdr
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from PIL import Image as ImagePIL
+from sorl.thumbnail import get_thumbnail
+
+from iconolab.management.commands.importimages import BaseImportImagesCommand
+from iconolab.models import (Collection, Folder, Image, ImageStats, Item,
+                             ItemMetadata, MetaCategory)
+
+if settings.IMPORT_LOGGER_NAME and settings.LOGGING['loggers'].get(settings.IMPORT_LOGGER_NAME, ''):
+    logger = logging.getLogger(settings.IMPORT_LOGGER_NAME)
+else:
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class Command(BaseImportImagesCommand):
+    help = 'import collection image and file from a directory'
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('source_dir')
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--encoding',
+            dest='encoding',
+            default='utf-8',
+            help='JSON file encoding'
+
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--collection-json',
+            dest='collection_json',
+            default=False,
+            help='creates a new collection from a json file, must be an object with fields : '+ 
+                 '"name" (identifier), '+ 
+                 '"verbose_name" (proper title name), '+ 
+                 '"description" (description on homepage, html is supported), '+ 
+                 '"image" (image on homepages, must be "uploads/<imgname>"), '+ 
+                 '"height" and "width" (height and width of the image)',
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--collection-id',
+            dest='collection_id',
+            default=False,
+            help='insert extracted data into the specified collection instead of trying to load a collection fixture',
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--no-jpg-conversion',
+            dest='no-jpg-conversion',
+            default=False,
+            help='use this option if you only want the image copied and not converted'
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+            
+        print('# Logging with logger '+logger.name)
+        logger.debug('# Initializing command with args: %r', options)
+
+        '''Check we have a collection to store data into'''
+        self.source_dir = options.get('source_dir')
+        print('# Checking collection args')
+        if options.get('collection_json'):
+            print('## Finding collection json data in '+self.source_dir)
+            collection_json_path = os.path.join(
+                self.source_dir, options.get('collection_json'))
+            if not os.path.isfile(collection_json_path):
+                print('### No '+options.get('collection_json') +
+                        '.json file was found in the source directory')
+                raise ValueError(
+                    '!!! Json file '+collection_json_path+' was not found !!!')
+            try:
+                with open(collection_json_path) as json_fixture_file:
+                    collection_data = json.loads(json_fixture_file.read())
+                    for key in ['name', 'verbose_name', 'description', 'image', 'height', 'width']:
+                        if not key in collection_data.keys():
+                            print('!!! Json file '+collection_json_path +
+                                    ' has no '+key+' field !!!')
+                            raise ValueError()
+                    if not collection_data.get('name', ''):
+                        print('!!! Collection data key "name" is empty')
+                        raise ValueError()
+                    if Collection.objects.filter(name=collection_data.get('name')).exists():
+                        print(
+                            '!!! A Collection with the provided name already exists!')
+                        raise ValueError()
+                    if collection_data.get('image', '') and not (collection_data.get('width', 0) and collection_data.get('height', 0)):
+                        print(
+                            '!!! Collection data has an image but no height and width')
+                        raise ValueError()
+            except ValueError as e:
+                raise ValueError('!!! JSON Data is invalid. !!!')
+        elif options.get('collection_id'):
+            print('## Finding collection with id ' + 
+                    options.get('collection_id'))
+            try:
+                collection = Collection.objects.get(
+                    pk=options.get('collection_id'))
+            except Collection.DoesNotExist:
+                raise ValueError('!!! Collection with primary key ' +
+                                    options.get('collection_id')+' was not found, aborting !!!')
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                '!!! No collection fixture or collection id, aborting because we can\'t properly generate data. !!!')
+
+
+        '''Import image collection in target directory'''
+           
+        if options.get('collection_json'):
+            print('## Loading collection json')
+            collection = Collection.objects.create(
+                name=collection_data.get('name'),
+                verbose_name=collection_data.get('verbose_name', ''),
+                description=collection_data.get('description', ''),
+                image=collection_data.get('image', ''),
+                height=collection_data.get('height', 0),
+                width=collection_data.get('width', 0),
+            )
+
+            if collection.image:
+                collection_image_path = os.path.join(
+                    settings.MEDIA_ROOT, str(collection.image))
+                if not os.path.isfile(collection_image_path):
+                    print('### Moving collection image')
+                    _, collection_image_name = os.path.split(
+                        collection_image_path)
+                    try:
+                        col_im = ImagePIL.open(os.path.join(
+                            self.source_dir, collection_image_name))
+                        print('##### Generating or copying jpeg for ' +
+                                collection_image_name)
+                        col_im.thumbnail(col_im.size)
+                        col_im.save(collection_image_path, 'JPEG', quality=options.get(
+                            'jpeg_quality', settings.IMG_JPG_DEFAULT_QUALITY))
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        print(e)
+
+