# HG changeset patch
# User Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com>
# Date 1355135622 -3600
# Node ID 77e526e6fdf89d5a04e4e9d28352eb4123d6fa34
# Parent  eb5fb5501569ff39b97d704882ad84ad574c74e5
sample script to import DICOM files in Orthanc

diff -r eb5fb5501569 -r 77e526e6fdf8 Resources/Samples/ImportDicomFiles/ImportDicomFiles.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Resources/Samples/ImportDicomFiles/ImportDicomFiles.py	Mon Dec 10 11:33:42 2012 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import os
+import sys
+import os.path
+import httplib2
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 4:
+    print("""
+Sample script to recursively import in Orthanc all the DICOM files
+that are stored in some path. Please make sure that Orthanc is running
+before starting this script. The files are uploaded through the REST
+API.
+
+Usage: %s [hostname] [HTTP port] [path]
+For instance: %s localhost 8042 .
+""" % (sys.argv[0], sys.argv[0]))
+    exit(-1)
+
+URL = 'http://%s:%d/instances' % (sys.argv[1], int(sys.argv[2]))
+
+success = 0
+
+
+# This function will upload a single file to Orthanc through the REST API
+def UploadFile(path):
+    global success
+
+    f = open(path, "r")
+    content = f.read()
+    f.close()
+
+    try:
+        sys.stdout.write("Importing %s" % path)
+
+        h = httplib2.Http()
+        resp, content = h.request(URL, 'POST', 
+                                  body = content,
+                                  headers = { 'content-type' : 'application/dicom' })
+
+        if resp.status == 200:
+            sys.stdout.write(" => success\n")
+            success += 1
+        else:
+            sys.stdout.write(" => failure (is it a DICOM file?)\n")
+
+    except:
+        sys.stdout.write(" => unable to connect\n")
+
+
+if os.path.isfile(sys.argv[3]):
+    # Upload a single file
+    UploadFile(sys.argv[3])
+else:
+    # Recursively upload a directory
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(sys.argv[3]):
+        for f in files:
+            UploadFile(os.path.join(root, f))
+        
+
+print("\nSummary: %d DICOM file(s) have been imported" % success)