We do this quite a lot. We're also beginning to treat our app's JSON interface as a scripting interface (in fact that was one motivation for adding it). That allows you do script tasks that involve more than one environment, such as migrating objects from one environment to another. My PathTo/DescribedRoutes combo (http://old.nabble.com/ Announcing-PathTo-and-DescribedRoutes-for-Python-ts27717520r0.html) makes the writing of such scripts pleasanter.
Mike On Feb 26, 11:25 pm, Ross Vandegrift <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:17:58AM -0800, DD wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to figure out what would be the best way to write batch > > (command line) tools in pylons. > > > Basically, what I need is a replica of the configuration that my live > > site uses, but instead of controllers getting the requests, its a > > command line tool. Everything else (globals, caching, database, etc) > > should be the same. > > > I looked at the command line utilities section in pylons documentation, > > but I can't seem to figure out how to everything loaded properly. > > loadapp() gives me an instance of the app that can be passed on to a > > wsgi server, but that's not what I was looking for. > > > Another option will be to just run a paster serve and write a > > controller, but that doesn't seem to be the right way to do things :(. > > > What's the best approach to do this? > > You can add an entry point to add paster commands that will work with > your app loaded. This requires a bit of hackery, but is pretty > simple. > > First, I make a directory project/project/commands. > > Second, add an entry point in setup.py: > > entry_points=""" > [paste.app_factory] > main = project.config.middleware:make_app > > [paste.app_install] > main = pylons.util:PylonsInstaller > > [paste.paster_command] > MyIsh= project.commands.MyIsh:MyIsh > """, > > Third, I followhttp://pythonpaste.org/script/developer.htmlto make > a command. It basically has to be kinda like this: > > from paste.script.command import Command > from paste.deploy import appconfig > from pylons import config > from project.config.environment import load_environment > > class MyIsh(Command): > def command(self): > conf = appconfig('config:%s' % yourconfigfile) > load_engironment(conf.global_conf, conf.local_conf) > > '''do your stuff''' > > Fourth, I run it like "paster MyIsh" or "paster --plugin=project MyIsh" > > Ross > > -- > Ross Vandegrift > [email protected] > > "If the fight gets hot, the songs get hotter. If the going gets tough, > the songs get tougher." > --Woody Guthrie > > signature.asc > < 1KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en.
