some very simple helper scripts to work with the api

bin/create_svg.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+SVG=$1
+DIRECTION=$2
+AT=$3
+OPTS=""
+if [ -n "$AT" ]; then
+  OPTS="--date ${AT}"
+fi
+ISO=$(date -Iseconds $OPTS)
+UNIX=$(date +%s $OPTS)
+
+(
+cat <<EOF
+{ "svg": $SVG,
+  "device": "test",
+  "direction": "$DIRECTION",
+  "dateString": "$ISO",
+  "date": "$UNIX"
+}
+EOF
+) | tr -d '\n'
+echo

bin/tsvtojson.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+INPUT=$1
+
+(
+echo '['
+first=""
+cat $1 | while read dateString date svg direction device ; do
+  test -n "$first" && printf "," || printf -v first "nope"
+  ./bin/create_svg.sh $svg $direction $dateString
+  echo
+done 
+
+echo ']'
+) | tr -d '\n' | json