logiqx2cmp.lua

#!/bin/env lua

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-- Written in Lua 5.4
-- Depends on xml2lua (https://github.com/manoelcampos/xml2lua)
-- Tested on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed GNU/Linux

-- Usage: 
--   File (Default): ``./logiqx2cmp.lua -f [xml filename]``
--      Outputs a new file in your working directory or overwrites an existing one.
--   Directory: ``./logiqx2cmp.lua -d [xml folder] [output folder]``
--      Creates the new folder in your working directory with the converted DATs using another folder as input. Will overwrite DATs if they already exist at that path.
-- The new file(s) will automatically be given the correct name.

local xml2lua = require('xml2lua')
local handler = require('xmlhandler.tree')

local args = {}
if arg[1] ~= '-f' and arg[1] ~= '-d' then
    args[1] = '-f'      -- Flag
    args[2] = arg[1]    -- Input
    args[3] = arg[2]    -- Output
else
    args = arg
end

local expectedDoctype = '<!DOCTYPE datafile PUBLIC "-//Logiqx//DTD ROM Management Datafile//EN" "http://www.logiqx.com/Dats/datafile.dtd">'

local function convertDAT(input, output)
    local file, err1 = io.open(input, 'r')
    if err1 then error(err1) end
    local xml = file:read('*a')
    io.close(file)

    if xml:match("^[^\n]*\n([^\n]*)") ~= expectedDoctype then warn("File does not have the correct DOCTYPE") return end

    local localHandler = handler:new()
    local parser = xml2lua.parser(localHandler)
    parser:parse(xml)
    local data = localHandler.root.datafile

    local system = data.header.name:gsub('^.-%s%-%sLost Level Archive%s%-%s', '')

    -- Header
    local cmpString = 'clrmamepro (\n\t'
    cmpString = cmpString .. 'name "' .. system .. '"\n\t'
    cmpString = cmpString .. 'description "' .. system .. '"\n\t'
    cmpString = cmpString .. 'version "' .. os.date("%Y.%m.%d") .. '"\n\t'
    cmpString = cmpString .. 'homepage "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database"\n\t'
    cmpString = cmpString .. 'comment "DAT ported from ' .. data.header.url .. ' by logiqx2cmp.lua"\n)'

    print('Converting DAT for ' .. system .. ' ...')
    -- Games
    for i, game in ipairs(data.game) do
        cmpString = cmpString .. '\n\n'
        cmpString = cmpString .. 'game (\n\t'
        cmpString = cmpString .. 'name "' .. game._attr.name .. '"\n\t'
        cmpString = cmpString .. 'description "' .. game.description .. '"'
        if game.rom then
            cmpString = cmpString .. '\n\trom ('
            local rom = {}
            if #game.rom > 1 then
                rom = game.rom[1]._attr
            else
                rom = game.rom._attr
            end
            cmpString = cmpString .. ' name "' .. rom.name .. '"'
            cmpString = cmpString .. ' size ' .. rom.size
            cmpString = cmpString .. ' crc ' .. rom.crc
            cmpString = cmpString .. ' md5 ' .. rom.md5
            if rom.sha1 then
                cmpString = cmpString .. ' sha1 ' .. rom.sha1
            end
            cmpString = cmpString .. ' )'
        end
        cmpString = cmpString .. '\n)'
    end

    local outPath = output .. "/" .. system .. '.dat'
    local dat, err2 = io.open(outPath, 'w')
    if err2 then error(err2) end
    dat:write(cmpString)
    dat:close()

    print('Wrote DAT file to `' .. outPath .. '`')
end

if args[1] == '-f' then
    convertDAT(args[2], '.')
else
    os.execute('mkdir -p ' .. args[3])

    for file in io.popen('ls -- ' .. args[2]):lines() do
        if file:find('%.xml') then
            convertDAT(args[2] .. '/' .. file, args[3])
        end
    end
end