Add Download using command line

[galaktor]

It would be really great, if there would be any straight-forward way to add a download to the database using the command line (like managing tickets using trac-admin). I would love to use DownloadsPlugin with continuous integration, where the latest build will automatically be added as a new download. I would add a task to CC or Ant to execute whatever command is necessary.

Maybe it could work something like this:

trac-admin [projectlocation] add download [attributes]... [pathtofile]

Removing a download could work the same way, using "remove" instead of "add".

If the path to the file is relative, then DownloadsPlugin looks within the downloads cache defined in trac.ini. It can also be absolute, meaning anywhere on the server.

This would be an awesome addition to DownloadsPlugin!

[Radek Bartoň]

I agree. Futhermore, it won't be too hard to implement with current Trac architecture. But currently I'm pretty occupied...

[galaktor]

Any progress on this subject yet?

[Radek Bartoň]

Not yet, sorry. But I may try on the weekend.

[Radek Bartoň]

Oops, I thought that trac-admin is extensible via extension points but it isn't. I can implement new script, let's say trac-downloads-admin.py, which does the same as trac-admin but which can add downloads too. Would be that fine?

[anonymous]

Yes, of course. As long as I can integrate some command into my build automation scripts, I do not really care what I actually have to call :-)

[galaktor]

(The previous post was done by me, but I forgot to add my name...)

[Radek Bartoň]

I added another comment to this topic recently but either I didn't submit it or I posted it to another ticket :-). The meaning was that I noticed that previous is true for Trac 0.11. Trac 0.12 has already extension points for trac-admin. So I created 0.12 branch of the plugin and started to implement this feature there. Do you plan to use Trac 0.11 for a long time?

[Radek Bartoň]

Implemented for Trac 0.12 with r5598. If your desperately need this for Trac 0.11, please, reopen the ticket.

[Radek Bartoň]

Ah, I forgot. Some notes before it will be documented. admin.py module was splitted to webadmin.py and cosoleadmin.py. Enable/disable proper components accordingly. If you want to set tags of uploaded downloads, you have to set consoleadmin_user option in trac.ini to user with TAGS_MODIFY permission.