rass_meta_vocabs.py

#!/usr/bin/python
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##
#  Demonstrates usage of the RASS vocab resource. 

import time
import rawsc
import rawsc.service
from rawsc import rass
import rawsc.rass.service
try:
  from xml.etree import cElementTree as ElementTree
except ImportError:
  try:
    import cElementTree as ElementTree
  except ImportError:
    from elementtree import ElementTree

# user credentials for authentication to RASS
USER = "XXX"
PWD = "XXX"
SERVER = "rass.cdn0XXX.rambla.be"


try:
    # Create a Rass instance, passing it your login credentials and the base service uri
    client = rawsc.rass.service.RassService(username=USER, password=PWD, server=SERVER)

    # get a feed of all vocabs for USER
    feed = client.getVocabFeed()
    for e in feed.entry:
        print "\nVocab Entry URI: " + str(e.id.text)
        print "name: " + str(e.content.params.name.text)
        print "xml_namespace: " + str(e.content.params.xml_namespace.text)
        print "description: " + str(e.content.params.description.text)

    # create new vocab "bigstar" for USER
    e = client.createVocab(name = "bigstar", xml_namespace = "http://bigstar.net/")
    print "\nVocab Entry URI: " + str(e.id.text)
    print "name: " + str(e.content.params.name.text)
    print "xml_namespace: " + str(e.content.params.xml_namespace.text)
    print "description: " + str(e.content.params.description.text)

    # retrieve a specific vocab by name
    e = client.getVocabEntry(name = "bigstar")
    print "\nVocab Entry URI: " + str(e.id.text)
    print "name: " + str(e.content.params.name.text)
    print "xml_namespace: " + str(e.content.params.xml_namespace.text)
    print "description: " + str(e.content.params.description.text)

except rawsc.service.Error, e:
    print "Error Response from server, contents = %s.\n" % str(e)
    error_dict = e[0] # error dict inside the first tuple elem
    print "status code : " + str(error_dict["status"]) + "\n"
    if error_dict.has_key("body"):
        print "error body : " + error_dict["body"] + "\n"
except rawsc.RawscException, e:
    print "RawscException caught, reason = %s.\n" % str(e)
except StandardError, e:
    print "StandardError caught, reason = %s.\n" % str(e)
except:
    print "unhandled exception caught\n"

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