Add new endpoint for uploading data

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gn3/api/general.py b/gn3/api/general.py
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+"""General API endpoints.  Put endpoints that can't be grouped together nicely
+here."""
+from flask import Blueprint
+from flask import current_app
+from flask import jsonify
+from flask import request
+
+from gn3.file_utils import extract_uploaded_file
+
+
+general = Blueprint("general", __name__)
+
+
+@general.route("/metadata/upload")
+def upload_metadata():
+    """Extract uploaded file to gn3 temporary directory; and if successful return
+a TOKEN to the user
+
+    """
+    results = extract_uploaded_file(gzipped_file=request.files["file"],
+                                    target_dir=current_app.get("TMPDIR"))
+    return jsonify(results)