From b730441f65702cff3b2c7074465998369d40417d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sundog <sundog@reclaim.technology>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:36:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] scaffolding mt_clockwheel.py

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 mt_clockwheel.py | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 mt_clockwheel.py

diff --git a/mt_clockwheel.py b/mt_clockwheel.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f95d82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mt_clockwheel.py
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+import argparse
+import datetime
+import json
+import os
+
+# globals
+mediadir = "/var/lib/ffplayout/tv-media"
+playlistdir = "/var/lib/ffplayout/playlists"
+channel = "newellijaytelevision"
+verbose = False
+from_date = datetime.date.today()
+to_date = datetime.date.today()
+
+def main():
+    parse_config()
+
+def parse_config():
+    global mediadir, playlistdir, channel, verbose, from_date, to_date
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="mt_clockwheel",
+        description="a simple clockwheel playlist generator for ffplayout",
+        epilog="brought to you by your friends at Mountain Town Technology and Community Media Network"
+            )
+
+    parser.add_argument('-d', '--directory', dest='mediadir', help='root directory for media library')
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--playlists', dest='playlistdir', help='root directory for playlists')
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--channel', dest='channel', help='channel name to generate playlists for')
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help='provide verbose output logging')
+    parser.add_argument('-f', '--from', dest='from_date', help='first date to generate playlist for')
+    parser.add_argument('-t', '--to', dest='to_date', help='last date to generate playlist for')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.verbose:
+        verbose = True
+    if args.mediadir:
+        mediadir = args.mediadir
+    if args.playlistdir:
+        playlistdir = args.playlistdir
+    if args.channel:
+        channel = args.channel
+    if args.from_date:
+        from_date = datetime.strptime(args.from_date, "%Y-%m-%d")
+    if args.to_date:
+        to_date = datetime.strptime(args.to_date, "%Y-%m-%d")
+
+    if verbose:
+        print("Arguments parsed, config:")
+        print("mediadir:", mediadir)
+        print("playlistdir:", playlistdir)
+        print("channel:", channel)
+        print("from_date:", from_date)
+        print("to_date:", to_date)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()