TruxtonLocation

This class lets you add to the [Location] table in Truxton.

Attributes and Methods

altitude: float

The altitude in meters.

fileid: str

The GUID of the file this location came from. This corresponds to the [FileID] column of the [Location] table.

id: str

This is the GUID of the record. It becomes non-zero after save() has been called. This corresponds to the [ID] column of the [Location] table.

label: str

The short label for this location. This corresponds to the [Label] column of the [Location] table.

latitude: float

The latitude portion of the geographic coordinate using the WGS84 ellipsoid. This corresponds to the [Latitude] column of the [Location] table.

longitude: float

The longitude portion of the geographic coordinate using the WGS84 ellipsoid. Many thanks go to John Harrison for his work. This corresponds to the [Longitude] column of the [Location] table.

mediaid: str

This is the GUID of the media this location came from. This corresponds to the [MediaID] column of the [Location] table.

save() -> bool

This will commit the information to the [Location] table. It will return True if the record was saved to the database, False if there was an error.

tag(tag: str, reason: str, origin: int) -> bool

This creates a tag associated with this location in Truxton. The tag parameter is a short, one or two word, bit of text that will be displayed in the UI. The reason a sentence explaining why this location was tagged. The origin is either TAG_ORIGIN_AUTOMATIC (1) or TAG_ORIGIN_HUMAN (2). It will return True if the tag was associated with the location, False on failure.

type: int

The type of the location. This corresponds to the [LocationTypeID] column of the [Location] table. It must be a value listed in the ID column of the [LocationType] table. You can also use a predefined constant.

when: int

The time associated with this location in FILETIME ticks.

Sample

import sys
sys.path.append('C:/Program Files/Truxton/SDK')
import truxton
import shutil

from datetime import datetime
from calendar import timegm
from pathlib import Path

EPOCH_AS_FILETIME = 116444736000000000
HUNDREDS_OF_NANOSECONDS = 10000000

def date_to_filetime(dt):
  return EPOCH_AS_FILETIME + (timegm(dt.timetuple()) * HUNDREDS_OF_NANOSECONDS)

def add_file(parent_truxton_file, filename):
  source_file = open(filename, "rb")
  child = parent_truxton_file.newchild()
  child.name = Path(filename).name
  shutil.copyfileobj(source_file, child)
  source_file.close()
  child.save()
  return child

def add_media(t):
  media = t.newmedia()

  media.name = "Public Documents"
  media.description = "Publicly available documents"
  media.case = "DC-SNAFU-2016.2020"
  media.evidencebag = "EV-0937459386623-a"
  media.originator = "Jeffrey Jensen"
  media.latitude = 38.897661
  media.longitude = -77.036458
  media.type = truxton.MEDIA_TYPE_LOGICAL_FILES
  media.save()

  return media

def add_cs(parent_file ):
  child_file = add_file(parent_file, "cs.jpg")

  gps = child_file.newlocation()
  gps.type = truxton.LOCATION_TYPE_MEETING
  gps.latitude = 51.487329
  gps.longitude = -0.124057
  gps.label = "HQ"
  gps.when = date_to_filetime(datetime.fromisoformat("2016-04-01T12:00:00-05:00"))
  gps.save()

def main():
  t = truxton.create()

  media = add_media(t)

  root_file = media.addroot()
  root_file.save()

  add_cs(root_file)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()