Merge lp:~mvo/software-center/improve-debug-in-piston-generic-helper into lp:software-center

[Michael Vogt]

Trivial branch to improve debug output of piston-generic-helper and a README with examples how
it can be used to debug server side issues.

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Nice!! And extra special kudos for README awesomeness.

review: Approve

=== added file 'README.debug-server'
--- README.debug-server	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ README.debug-server	2012-01-17 10:49:23 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+When debugging server issues or inspecting the expected results
+its often useful to run
+"utils/piston-helpers/piston_generic_helper.py" in debug mode.
+
+Some examples:
+$ PYTHONPATH=. utils/piston-helpers/piston_generic_helper.py \
+   --output=text --debug --needs-auth \
+   SoftwareCenterAgentAPI subscriptions_for_me
+
+$ PYTHONPATH=. utils/piston-helpers/piston_generic_helper.py \
+   --output=text --debug \
+   SoftwareCenterRecommenderAPI recommend_top
+
+
+
+Any piston-mini-client API should work, first name is the class
+second the method to run, optional is a json encoded kwargs string.
 \ No newline at end of file
 
=== modified file 'utils/piston-helpers/piston_generic_helper.py'
--- utils/piston-helpers/piston_generic_helper.py	2012-01-06 05:23:30 +0000
+++ utils/piston-helpers/piston_generic_helper.py	2012-01-17 10:49:23 +0000
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@
         LOG.warn("no data")
         sys.exit(0)
 
+    if args.debug:
+        for itm in piston_reply:
+            s = "** itm: %s\n" % itm
+            for var in vars(itm):
+                s += "%s: '%s'\n" % (var, getattr(itm, var))
+            LOG.debug(s)
+
     # check what format to use
     if args.output == "pickle":
         res = pickle.dumps(piston_reply)