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crytolearn/updater/update_coursera.py

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import requests
import oursql
import datetime
import json
import lib
class CourseraCrawler(object):
def __init__(self):
self.db = lib.Database("localhost", "root")
def retrieve_dataset(self):
#self.dataset = requests.get("https://www.coursera.org/maestro/api/topic/list?full=1").json()
self.dataset = json.loads(open("coursera.json", "r").read())
def parse_dataset(self):
for item in self.dataset:
self.process_item(item)
def process_item(self, item):
inserted, rowid = self.db.insert_topic(2, str(item["id"]), item["name"], description=item["short_description"], needs_enrollment=True)
if inserted:
print "Inserted %s" % item["name"]
else:
print "Skipped %s" % item["name"]
for course in item["courses"]:
self.process_course(course, rowid)
def process_course(self, course, topicid):
try:
start_date = datetime.datetime(course["start_year"], course["start_month"], course["start_day"])
title = "%s: %s-%s-%s" % (course["name"], str(course["start_year"]).zfill(4), str(course["start_month"]).zfill(2), str(course["start_day"]).zfill(2))
except TypeError, e:
start_date = None
title = "%s (date undetermined)" % (course["name"])
inserted, itemid = self.db.insert_item(2, str(course["id"]), True, self.db.COURSE, title, course["home_link"], description=course["certificate_description"], start_date=start_date, topic_id=topicid)
if inserted:
print "\tInserted %s" % title
else:
print "\tSkipped %s" % title
crawler = CourseraCrawler()
crawler.retrieve_dataset()
crawler.parse_dataset()