xorgdata

xorgdata handles the central data store for Polytechnique.org services. It pulls data from AX's website and pushes it to Polytechnique.org's services.

Note

This is currently a work in progress.

Development environment

Here are some commands to set up a development environment:

# Create a new virtual env
pew new xorgdata

# Install dependencies
make update

# Create a development database
make createdb

# Fill the development database with some test data
python manage.py importcsv tests/files/exportusers-afbo-Polytechnique-X-20010203.csv
python manage.py importcsv tests/files/exportuserdegrees-afbo-Polytechnique-X-20010203.csv
python manage.py importcsv tests/files/exportuserjobs-afbo-Polytechnique-X-20010203.csv
python manage.py importcsv tests/files/exportgroups-afbo-Polytechnique-X-20010203.csv
python manage.py importcsv tests/files/exportgroupmembers-afbo-Polytechnique-X-20010203.csv

# Create a superuser to access the database through Django /admin web interface
python manage.py createsuperuser

Custom Django management commands

This project uses the following custom commands:

• manage.py importcsv file.csv: import a file that is provided by AX's contractor (AlumnForce). Such a file consists in an incremental update of the alumni directory.
• manage.py afsync --push-export: fetch and import incremental updates from AlumnForce's server. If successful, export the imported data to xorgauth. This command is suited to be run in a scheduled task (aka. a cron job).
• manage.py importallusers file.csv: import a file that has been exported from AX's website (https://ax.polytechnique.org). Such a file contains data for all the users of the directory.