populate_rango.py

import os

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "twd_project.settings")

import django

django.setup()

from rango.models import Category, Page


def populate():
    """
    Function to populate the Rango database.
    """
    python_pages = [
        {"title": "Official Python Tutorial",
         "url": "http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/"},

        {"title": "How to Think like a Computer Scientist",
         "url": "http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/"},

        {"title": "Learn Python in 10 Minutes",
         "url": "http://www.korokithakis.net/tutorials/python/"}]

    django_pages = [
        {"title": "Official Django Tutorial",
         "url": "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/intro/tutorial01/"},

        {"title": "Django Rocks",
         "url": "http://www.djangorocks.com/"},

        {"title": "How to Tango with Django",
         "url": "http://www.tangowithdjango.com/"}]

    other_pages = [
        {"title": "Bottle",
         "url": "http://bottlepy.org/docs/dev/"},

        {"title": "Flask",
         "url": "http://flask.pocoo.org"}]

    cats = {"Python": {"pages": python_pages, "views": 128, "likes": 64},
            "Django": {"pages": django_pages, "views": 64, "likes": 32},
            "Other Frameworks": {"pages": other_pages, "views": 32, "likes": 16}}

    for category, category_data in cats.items():
        c = add_cat(category, category_data['views'], category_data['likes'])

        for p in category_data["pages"]:
            add_page(c, p["title"], p["url"])

        for c in Category.objects.all():
            for p in Page.objects.filter(category=c):
                print "- {0} - {1}".format(str(c), str(p))


def add_page(cat, title, url, views=0):
    p = Page.objects.get_or_create(category=cat, title=title)[0]
    p.url = url
    p.views = views
    p.save()
    return p


def add_cat(name, views, likes):
    c = Category.objects.get_or_create(name=name)[0]
    c.views = views
    c.likes = likes
    c.save()
    return c


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print "Started populating the Rango database..."
    populate()