Bulk Upload with Google App Engine Datastore via CSV - google-app-engine

Question

I am building a GAE webapp using Python. I am also using the Datastore and trying to bulk upload data to the DB using the terminal and a CSV file as per:
https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/uploadingdata
I have created a Loader class in a separate.py file in my app root directory. I am not really sure if this loader class should be in my main.py webapp file, or another file in the root directory.
Loader class:
import datetime
from google.appengine.ext import db
from google.appengine.tools import bulkloader
import models
class FTSELoader(bulkloader.Loader):
def __init__(self):
bulkloader.Loader.__init__(self, 'FTSE',
[('date', lambda x: datetime.datetime.strptime(x, '%Y/%m/%d')),
('close', float)])
loaders = [FTSELoader]
My kind class (i.e. my Datastore table) I am trying to create/upload is called "FTSE". I then run this command in Terminal:
appcfg.py upload_data --config_file=FTSEdataloader.py --filename=FTSEdata.csv -- kind=FTSE --url=http://<myapp.appspot.com>/_ah/remote_api
I get the following error:
File "FTSEdataloader.py", line 4, in
import models
ImportError: No module named models
I do not have a "models.py" like in the GAE demonstration. What should take its place?
Thanks

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I'm not sure why the appcfg.py can't find the models module when running the upload script. I got around the problem by doing this:
import datetime
from google.appengine.ext import db
from google.appengine.tools import bulkloader
class FTSE(db.Model):
date = DateTimeProperty()
close = FloatProperty()
class FTSELoader(bulkloader.Loader):
def __init__(self):
bulkloader.Loader.__init__(self, 'FTSE',
[('date', lambda x: datetime.datetime.strptime(x, '%Y/%m/%d')),
('close', float)])
loaders = [FTSELoader]
Basically it is just putting your model definition in the bulkloader. It certainly isn't the best way to do this, but it will work around the PYTHONPATH problem that appcfg.py seems to have when it is running the bulk upload.

Answer 2

You do this using a file of Python code. The file imports or defines the Model classes for the entities being created, defines a loader class for each kind you wish to import, and declares the available loader classes in a global variable.
For example, say you have a Model class named "FTSE" defined in a file named models.py (which is in your PYTHON PATH, such as the directory where you'll run the tool Ex: C:\Python27) that resembles the following:
models.py
from google.appengine.ext import db
class FTSE(db.Model):
date = db.DateProperty()
close = db.FloatProperty()