added bulk operations for post/patch/delete as seen in https://code.exacttarget.com/question/batch-operation-fuelsdk-python

Author: Charlie Moad

FuelSDK/objects.py

@@ -251,9 +251,23 @@ def post(self):
         self.getCustomerKey()
         originalProps = self.props
 
-        ## FIX THIS
         if type(self.props) is list:
-            pass    ##THIS SHOULD DO SOMETHING
+            currentPropList = []
+            for rec in self.props:
+                currentFields = []
+                currentProp = {}
+                
+                for key, value in rec.iteritems():
+                    currentFields.append({"Name" : key, "Value" : value})
+                
+                currentProp['CustomerKey'] = self.CustomerKey
+                currentProp['Properties'] = {}
+                currentProp['Properties']['Property'] = currentFields
+                
+                currentPropList.append(currentProp)
+            
+            currentProp = currentPropList
+
         else:
             currentFields = []
             currentProp = {}
@@ -271,30 +285,66 @@ def post(self):
 
     def patch(self): 
         self.getCustomerKey()
-        currentFields = []
-        currentProp = {}
-            
-        for key, value in self.props.iteritems():
-            currentFields.append({"Name" : key, "Value" : value})
 
-        currentProp['CustomerKey'] = self.CustomerKey
-        currentProp['Properties'] = {}
-        currentProp['Properties']['Property'] = currentFields                                   
+        if type(self.props) is list:
+            currentPropList = []
+            for rec in self.props:
+                currentFields = []
+                currentProp = {}
+                
+                for key, value in rec.iteritems():
+                    currentFields.append({"Name" : key, "Value" : value})
+                
+                currentProp['CustomerKey'] = self.CustomerKey
+                currentProp['Properties'] = {}
+                currentProp['Properties']['Property'] = currentFields
+                
+                currentPropList.append(currentProp)
+            
+            currentProp = currentPropList
+        else:
+            currentFields = []
+            currentProp = {}
+            
+            for key, value in self.props.iteritems():
+                currentFields.append({"Name" : key, "Value" : value})
+            
+            currentProp['CustomerKey'] = self.CustomerKey
+            currentProp['Properties'] = {}
+            currentProp['Properties']['Property'] = currentFields
 
         obj = ET_Patch(self.auth_stub, self.obj_type, currentProp)
         return obj
 
     def delete(self): 
         self.getCustomerKey()
-        currentFields = []
-        currentProp = {}
-            
-        for key, value in self.props.iteritems():
-            currentFields.append({"Name" : key, "Value" : value})
 
-        currentProp['CustomerKey'] = self.CustomerKey
-        currentProp['Keys'] = {}
-        currentProp['Keys']['Key'] = currentFields                                  
+        if type(self.props) is list:
+            currentPropList = []
+            for rec in self.props:
+                currentFields = []
+                currentProp = {}
+                
+                for key, value in rec.iteritems():
+                    currentFields.append({"Name" : key, "Value" : value})
+                
+                currentProp['CustomerKey'] = self.CustomerKey
+                currentProp['Keys'] = {}
+                currentProp['Keys']['Key'] = currentFields
+                
+                currentPropList.append(currentProp)
+            
+            currentProp = currentPropList
+        else:
+            currentFields = []
+            currentProp = {}
+                
+            for key, value in self.props.iteritems():
+                currentFields.append({"Name" : key, "Value" : value})
+    
+            currentProp['CustomerKey'] = self.CustomerKey
+            currentProp['Keys'] = {}
+            currentProp['Keys']['Key'] = currentFields
 
         obj = ET_Delete(self.auth_stub, self.obj_type, currentProp)
         return obj

FuelSDK/rest.py

@@ -73,22 +73,25 @@ def parse_props_dict_into_ws_object(self, obj_type, ws_object, props_dict):
         return ws_object
 
     def parse_props_into_ws_object(self, auth_stub, obj_type, props):
+        empty_obj = auth_stub.soap_client.factory.create(obj_type)
         if props is not None and type(props) is dict:
-            ws_create = auth_stub.soap_client.factory.create(obj_type)
+            ws_create = copy.copy(empty_obj)
             ws_create = self.parse_props_dict_into_ws_object(obj_type, ws_create, props)
-            return ws_create            
+            return ws_create
         elif props is not None and type(props) is list:
             ws_create_list = []
             for prop_dict in props:
-                ws_create = auth_stub.soap_client.factory.create(obj_type)
+                #~ print str(datetime.now())+" - start"
+                ws_create = copy.copy(empty_obj)
                 ws_create = self.parse_props_dict_into_ws_object(obj_type, ws_create, prop_dict)
+                #~ print str(datetime.now())+" - start"
                 ws_create_list.append(ws_create)
             return ws_create_list
         else:
             message = 'Can not post properties to ' + obj_type + ' without a dict or list of properties'
             print message
-            raise Exception(message)        
-        
+            raise Exception(message)
+
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 ##  Used to Describe Objects via web service call