[chirp_users] Database import from Radioreference.com

[John]

Dean,

The Chirp software is written in the Python programming language and the 
patch file was created by its author using the 'diff' tool. The diff 
tool compares the modified copy of the source (.py) file(s) (in this 
case x3 files) to the original source files and creates a 'patch file' 
that records the differences. This is useful because those differences 
can then be applied by anyone who has an unpatched version of the source 
files on their computer by using the 'patch' tool. This is a common 
approach among open source developers for distributing patches so its 
worth being aware of how they work. In this instance someone has kindly 
shared a list of changes they to their copy of Chirp in a form that can 
be applied automatically by anyone with the appropriate tool.

However, there is a caveat. You do not mention whether you are using 
Windows, Mac or Linux? This patch file applies to the original Python 
(.py) program files. On most Unix based systems, Python is installed by 
default and as it is commonly used by various system tools. The Chirp 
program is supplied as a series of .py files along with various other 
supplementary files. On my computer I found the Chirp directory at:

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chirp

The patch file would need to be copied there and then the patch tool 
would be run. The most basic invocation is:

patch -i addRadioRefCanadaSearch.patch

This would apply modifications to the three .py files listed at the 
start of the patch file. Before applying the patch, it is usually good 
to first make a copy of the contents of the original directory in case 
something goes wrong. This will work for Linux and probably on Mac, 
although you will need to find the location for the program directory on 
the Mac.

However, on Windows, Chirp is supplied as a binary (.exe) program and 
its dependencies (required supplemental packages) including Python 2.7 
are packaged into a series of .dll files. The program is provided in a 
very different form so that it will run in Windows. That patch file will 
unfortunately not work with the Windows version, neither the installer 
nor the .zip version. I do not have sufficient knowledge of how Chrip 
has been packaged for Windows to be able to help. Maybe someone else 
does or you will have to wait for the author to include the patch in the 
next official version.

Regards.



Dean Gmail wrote on 17/12/2020 18:07:
> Thanks Mark - good work!
>
> I looked at the patch, but I've never used Python before.  Where would 
> it be applied?
>
> Is there anyone else that  could implement it?
>
> Thanks,
> Dean
> On Dec. 17, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., Mark Leigh <mark.leigh at shaw.ca 
> <mailto:mark.leigh at shaw.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Hi G-Mail,
>     I have recently added this feature for Canada/RadioReference and I
>     submitted the patch on Nov 29th (for the stable branch - py3). As
>     the author is (I believe) hospitalized at the moment, patches have
>     not been accepted or applied since Nov 26th. If you're savvy, you
>     can used the attached patch file to add support for importing from
>     any province in Canada. I'll probably fork CHIRP with this added
>     feature as it's been requested by boatloads of folks, and I would
>     love for folks to be able to get their hands on it... When I have
>     time...
>     See attached patch.
>     Cheers,
>     -Mark
>
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>     Hi,
>
>     When importing a database into CHIRP from Radioreference.com, it
>     asks for:
>     - Username- ok
>     - Password- ok
>     - *_Zip Code_* – I’m from Canada& the database is also.  Which zip
>     code should I use?
>
>     I didn't enter an address on Radioreference & I don't see one
>     associated with the database... ?
>
>     -It is giving an error code: server raised fault: Invalid Country ID
>
>
>     I have also tried to import via a CSV file, but so far I’m getting
>     an error message, as it doesn’t like the CSV formatting…
>
>     Thanks!
>
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