Integrated parser with back-end

backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/views.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from prototype.filehandler.models import Document
 from prototype.filehandler.forms import DocumentForm
 
 from prototype.filehandler.functions import isValidXML
+from prototype.filehandler.xmlParser import parseData
 
 def home(request):
     documents = Document.objects.all()
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ def model_form_upload(request):
         form = DocumentForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
         if form.is_valid():
             form.save()
-            data = [{'name': 'Peter', 'email': 'peter@example.org'}, {'name': 'Julia', 'email': 'julia@example.org'}]
+            data = parseData(request.FILES['file'])
             return JsonResponse(data, safe=False)
     else:
         form = DocumentForm()

backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/xmlParser.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import json
+
+def parseData(file):
+    # arguments
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Process some xml files.')
+    parser.add_argument('filename', help='xml forum file')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    
+    # write file first
+    with open('temp.xml', 'wb+') as destination:
+        for chunk in file.chunks():
+            destination.write(chunk)
+
+    # make a soup:
+    with open('temp.xml') as forum:
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(forum, "xml")
+    
+    # put json together
+    out = {}
+    out['id'] = soup.forum.get('id')
+    out['name'] = soup.forum.find('name').text
+    out['discussions'] = []
+    for d in soup.forum.find_all('discussion'):
+        out['discussions'].append({
+        'id': d.get('id'),
+        'title': d.find('name').text,
+        'posts': [
+        {'id': p.get('id'), 'author': p.userid.text,
+        'message': p.message.get_text()} for p in d.find_all('post')]
+    })
+    return(out)