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diff --git a/testapp/exam/management/commands/load_questions_xml.py b/testapp/exam/management/commands/load_questions_xml.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8bc2701 --- /dev/null +++ b/testapp/exam/management/commands/load_questions_xml.py @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +# System library imports. +from os.path import basename +from xml.dom.minidom import parse +from htmlentitydefs import name2codepoint +import re + +# Django imports. +from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand + +# Local imports. +from exam.models import Question + +def decode_html(html_str): + """Un-escape or decode HTML strings to more usable Python strings. + From here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/EscapingHtml + """ + return re.sub('&(%s);' % '|'.join(name2codepoint), + lambda m: unichr(name2codepoint[m.group(1)]), html_str) + +def clear_questions(): + """Deactivate all questions from the database.""" + for question in Question.objects.all(): + question.active = False + question.save() + +def load_questions_xml(filename): + """Load questions from the given XML file.""" + q_bank = parse(filename).getElementsByTagName("question") + + for question in q_bank: + + summary_node = question.getElementsByTagName("summary")[0] + summary = (summary_node.childNodes[0].data).strip() + + desc_node = question.getElementsByTagName("description")[0] + description = (desc_node.childNodes[0].data).strip() + + type_node = question.getElementsByTagName("type")[0] + type = (type_node.childNodes[0].data).strip() + + points_node = question.getElementsByTagName("points")[0] + points = float((points_node.childNodes[0].data).strip()) \ + if points_node else 1.0 + + test_node = question.getElementsByTagName("test")[0] + test = decode_html((test_node.childNodes[0].data).strip()) + + opt_node = question.getElementsByTagName("options")[0] + opt = decode_html((opt_node.childNodes[0].data).strip()) + + new_question = Question(summary=summary, + description=description, + points=points, + options=opt, + type=type, + test=test) + new_question.save() + +class Command(BaseCommand): + args = '<q_file1.xml q_file2.xml>' + help = 'loads the questions from given XML files' + + def handle(self, *args, **options): + """Handle the command.""" + # Delete existing stuff. + clear_questions() + + # Load from files. + for fname in args: + self.stdout.write('Importing from {0} ... '.format(basename(fname))) + load_questions_xml(fname) + self.stdout.write('Done\n') + |