Adds citekey argument to selectively import entries.

Also removes unused fatal argument from many_from_path and moves
printing of warning to the command.

papers/commands/import_cmd.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from .helpers import add_paper_with_docfile, extract_doc_path_from_bibdata
 from ..configs import config
 from ..uis import get_ui
 
+
 def parser(subparsers):
     parser = subparsers.add_parser('import',
             help='import paper(s) to the repository')
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ def parser(subparsers):
             help="copy document files into library directory (default)")
     parser.add_argument('-C', '--nocopy', action='store_false', dest='copy',
             help="don't copy document files (opposite of -c)")
+    parser.add_argument('keys', nargs='*',
+            help="one or several keys to import from the file")
     return parser
 
 
@@ -29,9 +32,17 @@ def command(args):
         copy = config().import_copy
     rp = repo.Repository(config())
     # Extract papers from bib
-    papers = Paper.many_from_path(bibpath, fatal=False)
+    papers = Paper.many_from_path(bibpath)
-    for p in papers:
+    keys = args.keys or papers.keys()
-        doc_file = extract_doc_path_from_bibdata(p)
+    for k in keys:
-        if doc_file is None:
+        try:
-            ui.warning("No file for %s." % p.citekey)
+            p = papers[k]
-        add_paper_with_docfile(rp, p, docfile=doc_file, copy=copy)
+            if isinstance(p, Exception):
+                ui.error('Could not load entry for citekey {}.'.format(k))
+            else:
+                doc_file = extract_doc_path_from_bibdata(p)
+                if doc_file is None:
+                    ui.warning("No file for %s." % p.citekey)
+                add_paper_with_docfile(rp, p, docfile=doc_file, copy=copy)
+        except KeyError:
+            ui.error('No entry found for citekey {}.'.format(k))

papers/paper.py

@@ -227,8 +227,15 @@ class Paper(object):
         return BASE_META.copy()
 
     @classmethod
-    def many_from_path(cls, bibpath, fatal=True):
+    def many_from_path(cls, bibpath):
         """Extract list of papers found in bibliographic files in path.
+
+        The behavior is to:
+            - ignore wrong entries,
+            - overwrite duplicated entries.
+        :returns: dictionary of (key, paper | exception)
+            if loading of entry failed, the excpetion is returned in the
+            dictionary in place of the paper
         """
         bibpath = files.clean_path(bibpath)
         if os.path.isdir(bibpath):
@@ -237,18 +244,14 @@ class Paper(object):
         else:
             all_files = [bibpath]
         bib_data = [files.load_externalbibfile(f) for f in all_files]
-        if fatal:
+        papers = {}
-            return [Paper(bibentry=b.entries[k], citekey=k)
+        for b in bib_data:
-                    for b in bib_data for k in b.entries]
+            for k in b.entries:
-        else:
+                try:
-            papers = []
+                    papers[k] = Paper(bibentry=b.entries[k], citekey=k)
-            for b in bib_data:
+                except ValueError, e:
-                for k in b.entries:
+                    papers[k] = e
-                    try:
+        return papers
-                        papers.append(Paper(bibentry=b.entries[k], citekey=k))
-                    except ValueError, e:
-                        print('Warning, skipping paper ({}).'.format(e))
-            return papers
 
 
     # tags

tests/test_usecase.py

@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ def redirect(f):
     return newf
 
 
-
 # Test helpers
 
 # automating input
 
 real_input = input
 
+
 class FakeInput():
     """ Replace the input() command, and mock user input during tests
 
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ class TestList(DataCommandTestCase):
                 ]
         self.execute_cmds(cmds)
 
+
 class TestUsecase(DataCommandTestCase):
 
     def test_first(self):
@@ -361,6 +362,15 @@ class TestUsecase(DataCommandTestCase):
         outs = self.execute_cmds(cmds)
         self.assertEqual(4 + 1, len(outs[-1].split('\n')))
 
+    def test_import_one(self):
+        cmds = ['papers init',
+                'papers import data/ Page99',
+                'papers list'
+               ]
+
+        outs = self.execute_cmds(cmds)
+        self.assertEqual(1 + 1, len(outs[-1].split('\n')))
+
     def test_open(self):
         cmds = ['papers init',
                 'papers add -b data/pagerank.bib',