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Space Telecommunications Radio System (STRS) > Application Repository > Script Library > addPlatformOE2Table

addPlatformOE2Table

Create a line in the Platforms Used table.

Usage

The Python script addPlatformOE2Table was written to create complex entries to the Platform/OE Used table in HTML. The data is created using the Add Platform/OE web form, received via email, and stored in a restricted database. Then the addPlatformOE2Table Python script is executed and a subset of the identifying information (company, platform, OS, notes, where used, and TRL) is transformed into a web page in HTML that displays a title and the new entry in a tabular form. After approval, the HTML is merged into the STRS snippet named PlatformRequest for the web page titled: Platforms Used.

Setup

  1. Install Python. See Python download site. The script was tested against Python 2.7 and Python 3.2.
  2. Create/find a working directory to store scripts and execution results for upload and download.
  3. Save the addPlatformOE2Table.python.txt script (from eRoom) to that working directory.
  4. Save the FormMail email, as UTF-8 (or Unicode) text, with the name identified on the line containing “Suggest_File_Name:”, into the working directory identified..

Create table entry for Platforms Used

A sample execution of addPlatformOE2Table.python.txt proceeded as follows:

>c:\Python27\python.exe addPlatformOE2Table.python.txt 2013-09-17_084156_xinx-+OE-1.txt
Now = Sep 20, 2013, 09:44:15  = 20130920094415
fileIn = 2013-09-17_084156_xinc-+OE-1.txt
subdirectory = => C:path\SoftwareDefinedRadio\STRS Repository
2013-09-17_084156_xinc-+OE-1.txt starts with no BOM => ascii
Alias(1): 1252 = cp1252
Alias(2): windows_1252 = cp1252
2 aliases for cp1252
Reopen: 2013-09-17_084156_xinc-+OE-1.txt with encoding: cp1252
Found 45 colon-separated names and values.
Type of STRS metadata is 'AddOE'
USE(1) Company(OE_Company) = xinc
...
The data will be added to the table in:
    
Platforms Used
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX;" src="https://strs.grc.nasa.gov/platform-request/embed/#?secret=fxEBZCPHWG" data-secret="fxEBZCPHWG" width="600" height="338" title="Embedded WordPress Post" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no">
*********************************************************************************************
*** Created web file: Platform.OE.Table.Entry.20130920094415.html, containing 6 OE items. ***
*********************************************************************************************

The output file Platform.OE.Table.Entry.20130920094415.html contained the following:

Platform/OE Table Entry

Validate the HTML in a browser. Then use a text editor to copy the lines within “<body>” and “</body>”, from “<tr>” to “</tr>” inclusive, and paste them into the table displayed in:
https://strs.grc.nasa.gov/platform-request/
but edited in the associated snippet named PlatformRequest.

Company OE Name Platform OS Notes Used in Project TRL
 company oe pc osx none nowhere 4

 

As stated in the web page output, the results may then be displayed as text in a text editor or when view source is used.  The last line of the table is created by everything between “” and “”, inclusive, which should be copied and pasted into the snippets named PlatformRequest. Then the Update Snippets button should be clicked to complete the process. To verify, display the Platforms Used web page (may need a refresh).