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roles/osm-vector/templates/iiab-update-osm~

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Scan the osm-vector directory, update the osm-vector-idx.json, add menu-defs
+
+from geojson import Feature, Point, FeatureCollection, Polygon
+import geojson
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import fnmatch
+import re
+
+IIAB_PATH='/etc/iiab'
+if not IIAB_PATH in sys.path:
+    sys.path.append(IIAB_PATH)
+from iiab_env import get_iiab_env
+
+SCRIPT_DIR = '/opt/admin/cmdsrv/scripts'
+if not SCRIPT_DIR in sys.path:
+    sys.path.append(SCRIPT_DIR)
+if os.path.exists(os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR,'iiab_update_menus.py')):
+   import iiab_update_menus as menus
+   console_installed = True
+else:
+   console_installed = False
+
+doc_root = get_iiab_env('WWWROOT')
+menuDefs = doc_root + "/js-menu/menu-files/menu-defs/"
+osm_vector_idx_dir = doc_root + "/common/assets"
+#map_doc_root = '{{ osm_vector_path }}'
+map_doc_root = '/library/www/osm-vector'
+# map_catalog will be global, assumed always available
+map_catalog = {}
+map_menu_def_list = []
+
+def main():
+   global map_menu_def_list
+   get_map_catalog()
+   #print(json.dumps(map_catalog,indent=2))
+   
+   map_menu_def_list = get_menu_def_names()
+   print(json.dumps(map_menu_def_list,indent=2))
+
+   installed_maps = get_installed_regions()
+   print(installed_maps)
+
+   write_osm_vector_idx(installed_maps)
+   for fname in installed_maps:
+      region = extract_region_from_filename(fname)
+      print('checking for %s region'%region)
+      if region != 'maplist':
+         item = map_catalog['regions'][region]
+         menu_ref = item['perma_ref']
+      else:
+         menu_ref = 'en-map_test'
+         item = { "perma_ref" : "en-map_test" }
+      if region != 'maplist' and not (region in map_menu_def_list):
+         print('creating menu def for %s'%item['perma_ref'])
+         create_menu_def(region,item['perma_ref'] + '.json')
+      if fetch_menu_json_value('autoupdate_menu'):
+         print('fetch_menu returned %s'%fetch_menu_json_value('autoupdate_menu'))
+         # add this new menu def to home page
+         print('calling to insert %s.json'%menu_ref)
+         menus.update_menu_json(menu_ref)
+      print('fetch_menu returned %s'%fetch_menu_json_value('autoupdate_menu'))
+
+def get_map_catalog():
+   global map_catalog
+   input_json = map_doc_root + '/maplist/assets/regions.json'
+   with open(input_json,'r') as regions:
+      reg_str = regions.read()
+      map_catalog = json.loads(reg_str)
+   #print(json.dumps(map_catalog,indent=2))
+
+def get_menu_def_names(intended_use='map'):
+   menu_def_list =[] 
+   os.chdir(menuDefs)
+   for filename in os.listdir('.'):
+      if fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, '*.json'):
+         try:
+            with open(filename,'r') as json_file:
+                readstr = json_file.read()
+                data = json.loads(readstr)
+         except:
+            print("failed to parse %s"%filename)
+            print(readstr)
+         if data.get('intended_use','') != intended_use:
+            continue
+         map_name = data.get('name','')
+         if map_name != '':
+            menu_def_list.append(data['name'])
+   return menu_def_list
+
+def get_installed_regions():
+   installed = []
+   os.chdir(map_doc_root)
+   for filename in os.listdir('.'):
+      if fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, '??-osm-omt*'):
+         region = re.sub(r'^..-osm-omt_(.*)',r'\1',filename)
+         installed.append(region)
+   # add the splash page if no other maps are present
+   if len(installed) == 0:
+         installed.append('maplist')
+   return installed
+
+def write_osm_vector_idx(installed_maps):
+   map_dict ={} 
+   map_dict['regions'] = {}
+   for fname in installed_maps:
+      region = extract_region_from_filename(fname)
+      if map == 'maplist': continue # not a real region
+      data_dict = map_catalog['regions'].get(region,'')
+      map_dict['regions'][region] = data_dict
+   with open(osm_vector_idx_dir + '/osm-vector-idx.json','w') as idx:
+      idx.write(json.dumps(map_dict,indent=2)) 
+
+def create_menu_def(region,default_name,intended_use='map'):
+   item = map_catalog['regions'][region]
+   if len(item.get('language','')) > 2:
+     lang = item['language'][:2]
+   else: # default to english
+     lang = 'en'
+   filename = lang + '-' + item['perma_ref'] + '.json'
+   # create a stub for this zim
+   menuDef = {}
+   default_logo = 'osm.jpg'
+   menuDef["intended_use"] = "map"
+   menuDef["lang"] = lang
+   menuDef["logo_url"] = default_logo
+   menuitem = lang + '-' + item['perma_ref']
+   menuDef["menu_item_name"] = default_name
+   menuDef["title"] = "OpenStreetMap: 18 Levels of Zoom for <b> " + item.get('title','ERROR') + '</b>'
+   menuDef["map_name"] = item['perma_ref']
+   menuDef["start_url"] = lang + '-' + item['perma_ref']
+   menuDef["description"] = '<p>Resolution of the Whole World to 5 KM. OpenStreetMap data for <b>' + item.get('title','') + '</b> with details down to 5 Meters</p>'
+   menuDef["extra_html"] = ""
+   menuDef["automatically_generated"] = "true"
+   if not os.path.isfile(menuDefs + default_name): # logic to here can still overwrite existing menu def
+       print("creating %s"%menuDefs + default_name)
+       with open(menuDefs + default_name,'w') as menufile:
+          menufile.write(json.dumps(menuDef,indent=2))
+   return default_name[:-5]
+
+def human_readable(num):
+    # return 3 significant digits and unit specifier
+    num = float(num)
+    units = [ '','K','M','G']
+    for i in range(4):
+        if num<10.0:
+            return "%.2f%s"%(num,units[i])
+        if num<100.0:
+            return "%.1f%s"%(num,units[i])
+        if num < 1000.0:
+            return "%.0f%s"%(num,units[i])
+        num /= 1000.0
+
+def fetch_menu_json_value(key):
+   with open( doc_root + '/home/menu.json','r') as menudef:
+      data = json.loads(menudef.read())
+      return data.get(key,'')
+
+def extract_region_from_filename(fname):
+   substitutions = { "north": "north_america",\
+                     "central": "central_america",\
+                     "southeast": "southeast_asia",
+                     "south": "south_america" }
+   # wish I had used - as separator between key and date
+   nibble = fname.split('_')[1]
+   nibble = substitutions.get(nibble,nibble)
+   return(nibble)
+      
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+   if console_installed:
+      main()