example

#!/usr/bin/env python
""" 
Script to import a list of urls into a BlackList property object. Each
line in the specified text file is added as an item to a property
object.
"""

__version__ = "1.1 2008-11-14 Procera Networks"

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import sys
import packetlogic2

# Handle arguments
try:
    [host, user, pwd, filename] = sys.argv[1:]
except ValueError:
    print "Usage: %s plhost pluser plpass csvfile" % sys.argv[0]
    print "Example: %s 192.168.1.25 admin pldemo00 blacklist.txt" % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(1)

# Connect to PacketLogic
try:
    pl = packetlogic2.connect(host, user, pwd)
    r = pl.Ruleset()
except:
    t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
    print "Couldn't connect to PacketLogic: %s" % v
    sys.exit(1)

# Open file
if filename == "-":
    f = sys.stdin
else:
    try:
        f = file(filename)
    except:
        t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
        print "Couldn't open file: %s" % v
        sys.exit(1)

# Make sure the object exists
o = r.object_get("/PropertyObjects/BlackList")
if not o:
    r.object_add("/PropertyObjects/BlackList")
    o = r.object_get("/PropertyObjects/BlackList")

# Clean object from any old items
for item in o.items:
    o.remove(item)

# Load items from file
for url in f:
    url = url.rstrip()
    print "Adding url %s" % url
    o.add("URL=%s" % url)

r.commit ()