[Zope] Python Scripts

[Chris McDonough]

There's a method named "read" on PythonScript objects.  It returns the
source of the Python Script including the "##" header lines.  It's
available to users who have a role that includes the "View management
screens" permissions.  Note also that the constructor for a Python
Script (manage_addPythonScript) takes an argument "REQUEST".  The
constructor looks for the "file" variable in REQUEST for the text to
the new script.

So let's say you want to add a parameter to the "new" Python Script.
If you create a Python Script with a proxy role of "Manager" that
includes the following, any user who runs it will create a new script
named 'new_script' with the text of 'old_script' with a new (fixed)
parameter added to the parameter list:

old_text = context.old_script.read()
new_lines = old_text.split('\n')
new_lines = []
for line in lines:
   if line.startswith('##') and line.find('parameters=') != -1:
       # this tacks foo=1 on to the parameter list
       line = '%s,%s' % (line, 'foo=1')
   new_lines.append(line)
new_text = '\n'.join(new_lines)
request = context.REQUEST
request.set('file', new_text)
context.manage_addPythonScript('new_script', REQUEST)
# defeat the redirect caused by using manage_addPythonScript
request.RESPONSE.setStatus(200)
request.RESPONSE.setHeader('Location', '')

Slice and dice as required. ;-)

HTH,

- C


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Allison" <allison@sumeru.stanford.EDU>
To: <allison@sumeru.stanford.EDU>; <chrism@zope.com>; <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Python Scripts


> In answer to my query,"Chris McDonough" <chrism@zope.com> wrote:
>
> > This works:
> >
> >
context.manage_addProduct['PythonScripts'].manage_addPythonScript('bar
> > ')
>
> and indeed it does.  But there's another problem--I'm copying a
Python script
> and that requires special magic -- the source script needs to be
deconstructed
> and the destination constructed.  I don't see a neat way to do that
with te
> API.  Any hints?
>
> -dra
>
>