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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
+
+# pywiUpload - Piwigo gallery generator
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2010 - saimon.org
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
+
+"""Run tests for pywiUpload
+
+This script allows to test quickly the creation of a gallery, and prints
+additionnal information for debugging purpose.
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import pywiUpload
+from lib.image import Gallery
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # read params from config file
+    config_file = os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'pywiUpload.conf')
+
+    print ":: Reading parameters ..."
+    params = pywiUpload.read_params(config_file)
+
+    print "\n".join(["%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in params.items()])
+    print "\n"
+
+    # create gallery
+    gallery = Gallery(params)
+
+    (galleryname, filelist) = gallery.create_gallery("./test")
+
+    print "\n:: Output for gallery %s" % galleryname
+    print "images     : %s" % filelist[0]
+    print "thumbnails : %s" % filelist[1]
+    print "big images : %s" % filelist[2]
+
+    sys.exit(0)
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