From ed16c22f62a97051a40d657b16d82eeb63ea34ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Kruzewski <kruzewski@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:35:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Adding csv bulk record importer

Adding csv bulk record importer
---
 lib/classes/api.rb    |  7 +++++++
 lib/classes/helper.rb | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/classes/api.rb b/lib/classes/api.rb
index 6c53c31..8deaf13 100644
--- a/lib/classes/api.rb
+++ b/lib/classes/api.rb
@@ -56,5 +56,12 @@ def delete_record(rid)
       tags = Quickbase::Helper.hash_to_xml({:rid => rid.to_s})
       connection.http.post("API_DeleteRecord", tags)
     end
+
+    def add_records_csv(params)
+      options = Array("<clist>"+params[:clist].join('.').to_s+"</clist>")
+      options << Quickbase::Helper.generate_cdata(params[:data])
+      connection.http.post("API_ImportFromCSV", options)
+    end
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/classes/helper.rb b/lib/classes/helper.rb
index f2d696d..6a887e7 100644
--- a/lib/classes/helper.rb
+++ b/lib/classes/helper.rb
@@ -20,5 +20,15 @@ def self.generate_fields(fields)
         "<field #{attr_name}=#{key.to_s.encode(xml: :attr)}>#{value.to_s.encode(xml: :text)}</field>"
       end
     end
+
+    def self.generate_cdata(resulthash)
+      csvtext = "<records_csv><![CDATA["
+      resulthash.each_with_index do |row,i|
+        csvtext << row.values.to_csv
+      end
+      csvtext << "]]></records_csv>"
+#      puts "csvtext============>#{csvtext}"
+    end
+    
   end
 end