This branch will create a commandline bulk-upload script. So far, I have written

the code to read csv files into a usable dictionary.

mediagoblin/gmg_commands/__init__.py

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ SUBCOMMAND_MAP = {
         'setup': 'mediagoblin.gmg_commands.addmedia:parser_setup',
         'func': 'mediagoblin.gmg_commands.addmedia:addmedia',
         'help': 'Reprocess media entries'},
+    'batchaddmedia': {
+        'setup': 'mediagoblin.gmg_commands.batchaddmedia:parser_setup',
+        'func': 'mediagoblin.gmg_commands.batchaddmedia:batchaddmedia',
+        'help': 'Reprocess many media entries'}
     # 'theme': {
     #     'setup': 'mediagoblin.gmg_commands.theme:theme_parser_setup',
     #     'func': 'mediagoblin.gmg_commands.theme:theme',

mediagoblin/gmg_commands/batchaddmedia.py

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 MediaGoblin contributors.  See AUTHORS.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+
+from mediagoblin.gmg_commands import util as commands_util
+from mediagoblin.submit.lib import (
+    submit_media, get_upload_file_limits,
+    FileUploadLimit, UserUploadLimit, UserPastUploadLimit)
+
+from mediagoblin import mg_globals
+import json, csv
+
+def parser_setup(subparser):
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        'username',
+        help="Name of user this media entry belongs to")
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        'locationfile',
+        help=(
+"Local file on filesystem with the address of all the files to be uploaded"))
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        'metadatafile',
+        help=(
+"Local file on filesystem with metadata of all the files to be uploaded"))
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        "-l", "--license",
+        help=(
+            "License these media entry will be released under, if all the same"
+            "Should be a URL."))
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        '--celery',
+        action='store_true',
+        help="Don't process eagerly, pass off to celery")
+
+
+def batchaddmedia(args):
+    # Run eagerly unless explicetly set not to
+    if not args.celery:
+        os.environ['CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER'] = 'true'
+
+    app = commands_util.setup_app(args)
+
+    # get the user
+    user = app.db.User.query.filter_by(username=args.username.lower()).first()
+    if user is None:
+        print "Sorry, no user by username '%s'" % args.username
+        return
+    
+    # check for the location file, if it exists...
+    location_filename = os.path.split(args.locationfile)[-1]
+    abs_location_filename = os.path.abspath(args.locationfile)
+    if not os.path.exists(abs_location_filename):
+        print "Can't find a file with filename '%s'" % args.locationfile
+        return
+
+    # check for the location file, if it exists...
+    metadata_filename = os.path.split(args.metadatafile)[-1]
+    abs_metadata_filename = os.path.abspath(args.metadatafile)
+    if not os.path.exists(abs_metadata_filename):
+        print "Can't find a file with filename '%s'" % args.metadatafile
+        return
+
+    upload_limit, max_file_size = get_upload_file_limits(user)
+
+    def maybe_unicodeify(some_string):
+        # this is kinda terrible
+        if some_string is None:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return unicode(some_string)
+
+    with file(abs_location_filename, 'r') as all_locations:
+        contents = all_locations.read()
+        media_locations = parse_csv_file(contents)
+
+    with file(abs_metadata_filename, 'r') as all_metadata:
+        contents = all_metadata.read()
+        media_metadata = parse_csv_file(contents)
+
+def parse_csv_file(file_contents):
+    list_of_contents = file_contents.split('\n')
+    key, lines = (list_of_contents[0].split(','),
+                  list_of_contents[1:])
+    list_of_objects = []
+
+    # Build a dictionary
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.isspace() or line == '': continue
+        values = csv.reader([line]).next()
+        new_dict = dict([(key[i], val)
+            for i, val in enumerate(values)])
+        list_of_objects.append(new_dict)
+
+    return list_of_objects
+
+