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+++ b/Resources/Samples/Python/ArchiveStudiesInTimeRange.py	Wed Apr 22 15:12:04 2015 +0200
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2015 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
+# Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+
+import os
+import os.path
+import sys
+import RestToolbox
+
+def PrintHelp():
+    print('Download ZIP archives for all the studies generated '
+          'during a given time range (according to the StudyDate tag)\n')
+    print('Usage: %s <URL> <StartDate> <EndDate> <TargetFolder>\n' % sys.argv[0])
+    print('Example: %s http://localhost:8042/ 20150101 20151231 /tmp/\n' % sys.argv[0])
+    exit(-1)
+
+def CheckIsDate(date):
+    if len(date) != 8 or not date.isdigit():
+        print '"%s" is not a valid date!\n' % date
+        exit(-1)
+
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 5:
+    PrintHelp()
+
+URL = sys.argv[1]
+START = sys.argv[2]
+END = sys.argv[3]
+TARGET = sys.argv[4]
+
+CheckIsDate(START)
+CheckIsDate(END)
+
+# Loop over the studies
+for studyId in RestToolbox.DoGet('%s/studies' % URL):
+    # Retrieve the DICOM tags of the current study
+    study = RestToolbox.DoGet('%s/studies/%s' % (URL, studyId))['MainDicomTags']
+
+    # Retrieve the DICOM tags of the parent patient of this study
+    patient = RestToolbox.DoGet('%s/studies/%s/patient' % (URL, studyId))['MainDicomTags']
+
+    # Check that the StudyDate tag lies within the given range
+    studyDate = study['StudyDate'][:8]
+    if studyDate >= START and studyDate <= END:
+        # Create a filename
+        filename = '%s - %s %s - %s.zip' % (study['StudyDate'],
+                                            patient['PatientID'],
+                                            patient['PatientName'],
+                                            study['StudyDescription'])
+
+        # Remove any non-ASCII character in the filename
+        filename = filename.encode('ascii', errors = 'replace')
+
+        # Download the ZIP archive of the study
+        print('Downloading %s' % filename)
+        zipContent = RestToolbox.DoGet('%s/studies/%s/archive' % (URL, studyId))
+
+        # Write the ZIP archive at the proper location
+        with open(os.path.join(TARGET, filename), 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(zipContent)