Refactors letter examples to be just a create letters from csv example

.gitignore

@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ nosetests.xml
 
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
+
+#Generated Files
+examples/*/success.csv
+examples/*/errors.csv

examples/README.md

@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ cd examples/
 
 ### Create letters from CSV
 
-An example showing how to validate and clean addresses from a CSV spreadsheet full of shipping addresses using Lob's [Address Verification API](https://lob.com/verification/address) and then using the cleaned, valid addresses to dynamically create sample billing letters with variable data using Lob's [Letter API](https://lob.com/services/letters).
+An example showing how to dynamically create sample billing letters with variable data using Lob's [Letter API](https://lob.com/services/letters).
 
 In order to run the program enter:
 
 ```
-cd verify_and_create_letters_from_csv/
+cd create_letters_from_csv/
 python letter.py input.csv
 ```
 

examples/create_letters_from_csv/letter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Usage
+# python letter.py input.csv
+import sys,os
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(__file__+'../../../..'))
+
+import lob
+import csv
+import datetime
+
+lob.api_key = 'test_fc26575412e92e22a926bc96c857f375f8b'
+
+skipFirstLine  = True
+
+# Column indices in CSV
+name          = 0
+amount        = 1
+address_line1 = 2
+address_line2 = 3
+address_city  = 4
+address_state = 5
+address_zip   = 6
+country       = 'US'
+
+try:
+  sys.argv[1]
+except IndexError:
+  print "Please provide an input CSV file as an argument."
+  sys.exit()
+
+# Open input files
+inputFile = open(sys.argv[1], 'rU')
+csvInput = csv.reader(inputFile)
+
+# Create output files
+errors = open(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + '/errors.csv', 'w')
+success = open(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + '/success.csv', 'w')
+
+# Loop through input CSV rows
+for idx, row in enumerate(csvInput):
+  if skipFirstLine and idx == 0:
+    continue
+
+  # Create letter for verified addresses
+  try:
+    createdLetter = lob.Letter.create(
+      description = 'Bill for ' + row[name],
+      metadata = {
+          'campaign': 'billing_statements',
+          'csv': inputFile.name
+      },
+      to_address = {
+          'name': row[name],
+          'address_line1': row[address_line1],
+          'address_line2': row[address_line2],
+          'address_city': row[address_city],
+          'address_zip': row[address_zip],
+          'address_state': row[address_state],
+      },
+      from_address = {
+          'name': 'Your Name/Company',
+          'address_line1': '123 Test Avenue',
+          'address_city': 'San Francisco',
+          'address_state': 'CA',
+          'address_zip': '94107',
+      },
+      file = open(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + '/letter.html', 'r').read(),
+      data = {
+          'date': datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%m/%d/%Y"),
+          'name': row[name],
+          'amountDue': row[amount]
+      },
+      color = True
+    )
+  except Exception, e:
+    print "Error: " + str(e) + " in " + str(row)
+  else:
+    outputRow = createdLetter.id + ","
+    outputRow += createdLetter.url + ","
+    outputRow += row[name] + ","
+    outputRow += row[amount] + ","
+    outputRow += (createdLetter.to_address.address_line1 if createdLetter.to_address.address_line1 != None else " ") + ","
+    outputRow += (createdLetter.to_address.address_line2 if createdLetter.to_address.address_line2 != None else " ") + ","
+    outputRow += (createdLetter.to_address.address_city  if createdLetter.to_address.address_city  != None else " ") + ","
+    outputRow += (createdLetter.to_address.address_state if createdLetter.to_address.address_state != None else " ") + ","
+    outputRow += (createdLetter.to_address.address_zip   if createdLetter.to_address.address_zip   != None else " ") + "\n"
+    success.write(outputRow)
+
+
+errors.close()
+success.close()
+print "\n"