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# [SNIPPET_NAME: Add an attachment to a Desktopcouch Record]

# [SNIPPET_CATEGORIES: DesktopCouch]

# [SNIPPET_DESCRIPTION: Shows how to add an attachment to a Desktopcouch Record that will be stored and replicated by CouchDB]

# [SNIPPET_AUTHOR: Manuel de la Pena <mandel@themacaque.com>]

# [SNIPPET_DOCS: http://www.themacaque.com/wiki/doku.php?id=desktopcouch:create_attachments]

# [SNIPPET_LICENSE: GPL]

import sys

from desktopcouch.records.record import Record

from desktopcouch.records.server import CouchDatabase

 

# get the jpg to add from the command line

 

if len(sys.argv) > 1:

    path = sys.argv[0]

    db = CouchDatabase("addattachment", create=True)

    record = Record(record_type="url")

    record.attach(path, "blob", "image/jpg")

    db.put_record(record)

else:

    print "Please pass the path of the jpg to add."

 

# got to /home/$USER/.local/share/desktop-couch/couchdb.html to see the 

# attached file