Merge pull request #28 from tynanford/master

Add method to batch update channels

Author: shroffk

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 
-*.pyc
+*.pyc
+build/
+*.egg-info/

channelfinder/ChannelFinderClient.py

@@ -529,6 +529,11 @@ def update(self, **kwds):
         # updates the channel 'existingCh' with the new provided properties and tags
         # without affecting the other tags and properties of this channel
 
+        update(channels = channels)
+        >>> update(channels=[{'name':'existingCh','owner':'chOwner', 'tags':[...], 'properties':[...]}, {...}])
+        # updates the channels in batch given with the new provided properties and tags
+        # without affecting the other tags and properties of this channel
+
         update(property = Property, channelName = String)
         >>> update(property={'name':'propName', 'owner':'propOwner', 'value':'propValue'},
                                     channelName='ch1')
@@ -585,6 +590,7 @@ def __handleSingleUpdateParameter(self, **kwds):
         Handle single update. It accepts key-value pair as parameters.
         The keys could be one of the following:
             - channel
+            - channels
             - property
             - tag
             - tags
@@ -599,6 +605,14 @@ def __handleSingleUpdateParameter(self, **kwds):
                                     verify=False,
                                     auth=self.__auth)
             r.raise_for_status()
+        elif 'channels' in kwds:
+            chs = kwds['channels']
+            r = self.__session.post(self.__baseURL + self.__channelsResource,
+                                    data=JSONEncoder().encode(chs),
+                                    headers=copy(self.__jsonheader),
+                                    verify=False,
+                                    auth=self.__auth)
+            r.raise_for_status()
         elif 'property' in kwds:
             property = kwds['property']
             r = self.__session.post(self.__baseURL + self.__propertiesResource + '/' + property[u'name'],