#! /usr/bin/python # See README.txt for information and build instructions. import addressbook_pb2 import sys # This function fills in a Person message based on user input. def PromptForAddress(person): person.id = int(raw_input("Enter person ID number: ")) person.name = raw_input("Enter name: ") email = raw_input("Enter email address (blank for none): ") if email != "": person.email = email while True: number = raw_input("Enter a phone number (or leave blank to finish): ") if number == "": break phone_number = person.phone.add() phone_number.number = number type = raw_input("Is this a mobile, home, or work phone? ") if type == "mobile": phone_number.type = addressbook_pb2.Person.MOBILE elif type == "home": phone_number.type = addressbook_pb2.Person.HOME elif type == "work": phone_number.type = addressbook_pb2.Person.WORK else: print "Unknown phone type; leaving as default value." # Main procedure: Reads the entire address book from a file, # adds one person based on user input, then writes it back out to the same # file. if len(sys.argv) != 2: print "Usage:", sys.argv[0], "ADDRESS_BOOK_FILE" sys.exit(-1) address_book = addressbook_pb2.AddressBook() # Read the existing address book. try: f = open(sys.argv[1], "rb") address_book.ParseFromString(f.read()) f.close() except IOError: print sys.argv[1] + ": File not found. Creating a new file." # Add an address. PromptForAddress(address_book.person.add()) # Write the new address book back to disk. f = open(sys.argv[1], "wb") f.write(address_book.SerializeToString()) f.close()