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+++ b/data_manager/data_manager.py	Thu Oct 19 15:56:20 2017 -0400
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+import argparse
+import datetime
+import json
+import os
+import shutil
+import tarfile
+import zipfile
+try:
+    # For Python 3.0 and later
+    from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+except ImportError:
+    # Fall back to Python 2 imports
+    from urllib2 import Request, urlopen
+
+
+def url_download(url, workdir):
+    file_path = os.path.join(workdir, 'download.dat')
+    if not os.path.exists(workdir):
+        os.makedirs(workdir)
+    src = None
+    dst = None
+    try:
+        req = Request(url)
+        src = urlopen(req)
+        with open(file_path, 'wb') as dst:
+            while True:
+                chunk = src.read(2**10)
+                if chunk:
+                    dst.write(chunk)
+                else:
+                    break
+    finally:
+        if src:
+            src.close()
+    if tarfile.is_tarfile(file_path):
+        fh = tarfile.open(file_path, 'r:*')
+    elif zipfile.is_zipfile(file_path):
+        fh = zipfile.ZipFile(file_path, 'r')
+    else:
+        return
+    fh.extractall(workdir)
+    os.remove(file_path)
+
+
+def main(args):
+    workdir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'busco')
+    url_download(args.url, workdir)
+    data_manager_entry = {}
+    data_manager_entry['value'] = args.name.lower()
+    data_manager_entry['name'] = args.name
+    data_manager_entry['path'] = '.'
+    data_manager_json = dict(data_tables=dict(busco=data_manager_entry))
+    params = json.loads(open(args.output).read())
+    target_directory = params['output_data'][0]['extra_files_path']
+    os.mkdir(target_directory)
+    output_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'busco'))
+    for filename in os.listdir(workdir):
+        shutil.move(os.path.join(output_path, filename), target_directory)
+    file(args.output, 'w').write(json.dumps(data_manager_json))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Create data manager json.')
+    parser.add_argument('--out', dest='output', action='store', help='JSON filename')
+    parser.add_argument('--name', dest='name', action='store', default=str(datetime.date.today()), help='Data table entry unique ID')
+    parser.add_argument('--url', dest='url', action='store', help='Download URL')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(args)