updated help strings of commands

bin/etherdump

@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 
 import sys
 
+usage = """Usage:
+    etherdump CMD
+
+where CMD could be:
+    sync
+    gettext
+    gethtml
+    creatediffhtml
+    dumpcsv
+    list
+    listauthors
+    revisionscount
+    showmeta
+
+For more information on each command try:
+    etherdump CMD --help
+
+"""
+
 try:
     cmd = sys.argv[1]
     if cmd.startswith("-"):
@@ -10,13 +29,13 @@ try:
     else:
     	args = sys.argv[2:]
 except IndexError:
-    cmd = "sync"
-    args = sys.argv[1:]
-
+    print usage
+    sys.exit(0)
 try:
     # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/301134/dynamic-module-import-in-python
     cmdmod = __import__("etherdump.commands.%s" % cmd, fromlist=["etherdump.commands"])
     cmdmod.main(args)
 except ImportError, e:
-    print "Command '{0}' not available ({1})".format(cmd, e)
+    print "Error performing command '{0}'\n(python said: {1})\n".format(cmd, e)
+    print usage
 

etherdump/commands/creatediffhtml.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
 
 
 def main(args):
-	p = ArgumentParser("")
+	p = ArgumentParser("calls the createDiffHTML API function for the given padid")
 	p.add_argument("padid", help="the padid")
 	p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
 	p.add_argument("--showurl", default=False, action="store_true")

etherdump/commands/diffhtml.py

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
-import json
-from urllib import urlencode
-from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
-
-def main(args):
-	p = ArgumentParser("")
-	p.add_argument("padid", help="the padid")
-	p.add_argument("--startrev", type=int, default=0, help="starting revision")
-	p.add_argument("--endrev", type=int, default=None, help="ending revision, default: last")
-	p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
-	p.add_argument("--showurl", default=False, action="store_true")
-	args = p.parse_args(args)
-
-	with open(args.padinfo) as f:
-		info = json.load(f)
-	apiurl =  "{0[protocol]}://{0[hostname]}:{0[port]}{0[apiurl]}{0[apiversion]}/".format(info)
-	data = {}
-	data['apikey'] = info['apikey']
-	data['padID'] = args.padid.encode("utf-8")
-	data['startRev'] = "{0}".format(args.startrev)
-	if args.endrev != None:
-		data['endRev'] = "{0}".format(args.endrev)
-	requesturl = apiurl+'createDiffHTML?'+urlencode(data)
-	if args.showurl:
-		print requesturl
-	else:
-		print json.load(urlopen(requesturl))['data']['html']

etherdump/commands/dumpcsv.py

@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ def jsonload (url):
     return json.loads(data)
 
 def main (args):
-    p = ArgumentParser("")
+    p = ArgumentParser("outputs a CSV of information all all pads")
     p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
-    p.add_argument("--format", default="csv", help="output format: csv (default), json")
     p.add_argument("--zerorevs", default=False, action="store_true", help="include pads with zero revisions, default: False")
     args = p.parse_args(args)
 

etherdump/commands/gethtml.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
 
 
 def main(args):
-	p = ArgumentParser("")
+	p = ArgumentParser("calls the getHTML API function for the given padid")
 	p.add_argument("padid", help="the padid")
 	p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
 	p.add_argument("--showurl", default=False, action="store_true")

etherdump/commands/gettext.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
 
 
 def main(args):
-	p = ArgumentParser("")
+	p = ArgumentParser("calls the getText API function for the given padid")
 	p.add_argument("padid", help="the padid")
 	p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
 	p.add_argument("--showurl", default=False, action="store_true")

etherdump/commands/list.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from urllib import urlencode
 from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
 
 def main (args):
-	p = ArgumentParser("")
+	p = ArgumentParser("call listAllPads and print the results")
 	p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
 	p.add_argument("--showurl", default=False, action="store_true")
 	p.add_argument("--format", default="lines", help="output format: lines, json; default lines")

etherdump/commands/listauthors.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
 
 
 def main(args):
-	p = ArgumentParser("")
+	p = ArgumentParser("call listAuthorsOfPad for the padid")
 	p.add_argument("padid", help="the padid")
 	p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
 	p.add_argument("--showurl", default=False, action="store_true")

etherdump/commands/revisionscount.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from urllib import urlencode
 from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
 
 def main(args):
-	p = ArgumentParser("")
+	p = ArgumentParser("call getRevisionsCount for the given padid")
 	p.add_argument("padid", help="the padid")
 	p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
 	p.add_argument("--showurl", default=False, action="store_true")

etherdump/commands/showmeta.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Extract and output selected fields of metadata
 """
 
 def main (args):
-    p = ArgumentParser("")
+    p = ArgumentParser("extract & display meta data from a specific .meta.json file, or for a given padid (nb: it still looks for a .meta.json file)")
     p.add_argument("--path", default=None, help="read from a meta.json file")
     p.add_argument("--padid", default=None, help="read meta for this padid")
     p.add_argument("--format", default="{padid}", help="format str, default: {padid}")

etherdump/commands/sync.py

@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ def load_padinfo(p):
 
 
 def main (args):
-    p = ArgumentParser("")
+    p = ArgumentParser("Check for pads that have changed since last sync (according to .meta.json)")
     p.add_argument("padid", nargs="*", default=[])
     p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
-    p.add_argument("--zerorevs", default=False, action="store_true", help="include pads with zero revisions, default: False")
-    p.add_argument("--pub", default="pub", help="pub path for output, default: pub")
-    p.add_argument("--group", default="g", help="group path for output, default: g")
+    p.add_argument("--zerorevs", default=False, action="store_true", help="include pads with zero revisions, default: False (i.e. pads with no revisions are skipped)")
+    p.add_argument("--pub", default="pub", help="folder to store files for public pads, default: pub")
+    p.add_argument("--group", default="g", help="folder to store files for group pads, default: g")
     p.add_argument("--skip", default=None, type=int, help="skip this many items, default: None")
-    p.add_argument("--meta", default=False, action="store_true", help="download meta to file, default: False")
-    p.add_argument("--text", default=False, action="store_true", help="download text to file, default: False")
-    p.add_argument("--html", default=False, action="store_true", help="download html to file, default: False")
-    p.add_argument("--dhtml", default=False, action="store_true", help="download dhtml to file, default: False")
+    p.add_argument("--meta", default=False, action="store_true", help="download meta to PADID.meta.json, default: False")
+    p.add_argument("--text", default=False, action="store_true", help="download text to PADID.txt, default: False")
+    p.add_argument("--html", default=False, action="store_true", help="download html to PADID.html, default: False")
+    p.add_argument("--dhtml", default=False, action="store_true", help="download dhtml to PADID.dhtml, default: False")
     p.add_argument("--all", default=False, action="store_true", help="download all files (meta, text, html, dhtml), default: False")
     args = p.parse_args(args)