change descrition / ignore entries with the wrong number of entrie

mpegAutomation.py

 #! /usr/local/bin/python3
 # coding: utf-8
 """ 
-  Script for managing the GitLab issues for MPEG
-
-  To work properly this script requires following:
-  1.  GITLAB_TOKEN environment variable to be set to your private token.
-      Create your token here: http://mpegx.int-evry.fr/software/profile/personal_access_tokens
-  2.  GitLabI API module: pip install --upgrade python-gitlab
-  3.  CSV module: pip install csv
-  4.  curl installed on your system
-  5.  Set the following environment variables: MPEG_LOGIN, MPEG_PWD
+  This is just a hack to test the MDMS and GitLab API
 """
 
-__author__ = "Dimitri Podborski"
-__version__ = "0.0.1"
-
 import os
 import sys
 import argparse
@@ -27,8 +16,9 @@ TOKEN = os.environ.get('GITLAB_TOKEN')
 BASEURL = "https://dms.mpeg.expert/"
 FIND_CONTRIBUTION_URL = "https://dms.mpeg.expert/doc_end_user/searchAcross.php"
 GET_CONTRIBUTION_URL = "https://dms.mpeg.expert/doc_end_user/current_document.php"
+
 # TODO: let the user input it, or search it
-PROJECT_ID = 272 # this ID is my private repo for testing. You can figure out your ID by running list_all_projects
+PROJECT_ID = 316 # this ID is my private repo for testing. You can figure out your ID by running list_all_projects
 
 # TODO: this (and other metadata) should be passed from the CSV file as input
 contributions = ['55686', '56083']
@@ -103,7 +93,7 @@ gl = gitlab.Gitlab('http://mpegx.int-evry.fr/software', private_token=TOKEN)
 # get entries for each contribution
 entries = []
 for contrNr in contributions:
-  searchCmd = "curl -s -X POST -d 'search_title=&search_number=" + contrNr + "&search_category=&search_author=&search_id_group=1&search_sub_group=1&id_meeting=&submit=Search&meeting=' -u $MPEG_LOGIN:$MPEG_PWD https://dms.mpeg.expert/doc_end_user/searchAcross.php"
+  searchCmd = "curl -s -X POST -d 'search_title=&search_number=" + contrNr + "&search_category=&search_author=&search_id_group=1&search_sub_group=1&id_meeting=&submit=Search&meeting=' -u $MPEG_LOGIN:$MPEG_PWD " + FIND_CONTRIBUTION_URL
   
   alltext = command_to_string(searchCmd)
   
@@ -113,12 +103,12 @@ for contrNr in contributions:
   pos2 = alltext.find('&', pos1+len(pattern)+1)
   docID = alltext[pos1+len(pattern):pos2]
 
-  getCmd = "curl -s -X POST -d 'id=" + docID + "&id_meeting=' -u $MPEG_LOGIN:$MPEG_PWD https://dms.mpeg.expert/doc_end_user/current_document.php"
+  getCmd = "curl -s -X POST -d 'id=" + docID + "&id_meeting=' -u $MPEG_LOGIN:$MPEG_PWD " + GET_CONTRIBUTION_URL
 
   alltext = command_to_string(getCmd)
   entry = get_table_entry(alltext, contrNr)
 
-  # TODO: rewrite this dirty hack
+  # NOTE: we should not do it like this
   findPattern = 'href="../'
   startUrl = alltext.rfind(findPattern)
   endUrl = alltext.find('">', startUrl + len(findPattern))
@@ -139,6 +129,9 @@ print("\n\n\n")
 # TODO: move it to its own method 
 n = 0
 for line in entries:
+  if len(line) < 14:
+    print("Parsing failed")
+    continue
   title = line[12] + ' ' + line[0]
   authors = line[1]
   org = line[2]