[bin] Added script bin/checklo.py to check connection to LibreOffice.

bin/checklo.py

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+'''This script allows to check the generation of PDF files via LibreOffice.'''
+import sys, os.path
+import appy
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+usage = '''Usage: python checklo.py [port]
+        If port is not speficied, it defaults to 2002.'''
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class LoChecker:
+    def __init__(self, port):
+        self.port = port
+        # Get an ODT file from the pod test suite.
+        self.appyFolder = os.path.dirname(appy.__file__)
+        self.odtFile = os.path.join(self.appyFolder, 'pod', 'test',
+                                    'templates', 'NoPython.odt')
+
+    def run(self):
+        # Call LO in server mode to convert self.odtFile to PDF
+        converter = os.path.join(self.appyFolder, 'pod', 'converter.py')
+        cmd = 'python %s %s pdf -p %d' % (converter, self.odtFile, self.port)
+        print cmd
+        os.system(cmd)
+        # Check if the PDF was generated
+        pdfFile = '%s.pdf' % os.path.splitext(self.odtFile)[0]
+        if not os.path.exists(pdfFile):
+            print 'PDF was not generated.'
+        else:
+            os.remove(pdfFile)
+            print 'Check successfull.'
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    nbOfArgs = len(sys.argv)
+    if nbOfArgs not in (1, 2):
+        print usage
+        sys.exit()
+    # Get the nb of args
+    port = (nbOfArgs == 2) and int(sys.argv[1]) or 2002
+    LoChecker(port).run()
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------