[Zope] Batch importing stuff into Zope

[Stephen Pitts]

I'm trying to batch-import about 300 JPEGs into Zope as instances of the Photo
product using the following python script:
from urllib import urlopen, urlencode
from sys import argv
from time import time

# first argument is name of folder within the Photos folder
url = "http://www.centralchurchyouth.org:8100/Photos/%s/manage_addProduct/Photo/manage_addPhoto" % argv[1]

# additional arguments are filenames
for filename in argv[2:]:
	args = {}
	args['file'] = open(filename).read()
	args['id'] = filename
	args['title'] = filename
	args = urlencode(args)
	beforeurlopen = time()
	urlopen(url, args)
	print filename, time() - beforeurlopen

The script works, but it takes an average of 30-40 seconds per JPEG.
I've got a fast connection to the server, and the JPEGS are 40-50 k
apiece. Uploading from the management interface takes 2-3 seconds.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
-- 
Stephen Pitts
smpitts@midsouth.rr.com