Class S3BulkImporter

Constructor

Overrides: object.__init__

Load the descriptor file and then all the import tasks in that file into the task property. The descriptor file is the file called tasks.cfg in path. The file consists of a comma separated list of: module, resource name, csv filename, xsl filename.

Extract the details for a CSV Import Task

Store a single import job into the tasks property *,function,filename,*extraArgs

Execute each import job, in order

Execute import tasks which require a custom function, such as import_role

Import Roles from CSV

Import Users from CSV with an import Prep

Import RSS Feeds from CSV with an import Prep

Import images, such as a logo or person image

filename a CSV list of records and filenames tablename the name of the table idfield the field used to identify the record imagefield the field to where the image will be added

Example: bi.import_image ("org_logos.csv", "org_organisation", "name", "logo") and the file org_logos.csv may look as follows id file Sahana Software Foundation sahanalogo.jpg American Red Cross icrc.gif

Install a Font

Import CSV files from remote servers

Run a custom Import Script

Import a Scheduled Task

Import XML data using an XSLT: static/formats/<dataformat>/import.xsl Setting the source_type is possible

Load and then execute the import jobs that are listed in the descriptor file (tasks.cfg)