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+// you may not need all of these but they come up a lot
+import fs from "fs";
+import assert from "assert";
+import logging from '../lib/logging.js';
+import { mkdir, write } from "../lib/builderator.js";
+import glob from "fast-glob";
+import { Database }  from "duckdb-async";
+import { UserPaymentProduct, User, Product, Payment } from "../lib/models.js";
+import slugify from "slugify";
+
+const log = logging.create(import.meta.url);
+
+export const description = "Is used to load the data found in the django dump to the database."
+
+// your command uses the npm package commander's options format
+export const options = [
+  ["--mode-split", "Split a django dump into multiple files per table with pk=id"],
+  ["--mode-analyze", "Run in analysis mode, which loads the tables into duckdb."],
+  ["--mode-import", "Use the split files in --split-dir to import"],
+  ["--input <string>", "A string option with a default."],
+]
+
+// put required options in the required variable
+export const required = [
+  ["--split-dir <string>", "Directory where the split .json files go", "data_dump"],
+  ["--duckdb <string>", "The duckdb to create.", "dump.duckdb"],
+]
+
+// handy function for checking things are good and aborting
+const check = (test, fail_message) => {
+  if(!test) {
+    log.error(fail_message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+export const mode_split = async (opts) => {
+  // it's easier to debug options with console
+  const raw_data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(opts.input));
+
+  const tables = {};
+
+  for(let row of raw_data) {
+    assert(row.fields.id === undefined, `Bad ID ${JSON.stringify(row)}`);
+    row.fields.id = row.pk;  // why did django do this? so weird
+
+    if(tables[row.model] === undefined) {
+      // first one
+      tables[row.model] = [row.fields];
+    } else {
+      tables[row.model].push(row.fields);
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log(opts);
+  mkdir(opts.splitDir);
+
+  for(let [name, data] of Object.entries(tables)) {
+    const out_file = `${opts.splitDir}/${name}.json`;
+    console.log("WRITE", out_file);
+    write(out_file, JSON.stringify(data, null, 4));
+  }
+
+  // due to how async/await works it's just easier to manually exit with exit codes
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+export const mode_analyze = async (opts) => {
+  console.log("ANALYZE", opts);
+  const db = new Database(opts.duckdb);
+
+  // glob the files in the splitDir
+  const split_dir = await glob(`${opts.splitDir}/*.json`);
+
+  for(let file_name of split_dir) {
+    const [junk, table_name, ext] = file_name.split('.');
+
+    console.log(">> TABLE", table_name, "CREATE FROM", file_name);
+    await db.exec(`CREATE TABLE "${table_name}" AS SELECT * FROM "${file_name}"`);
+    // syntax doesn't follow SQL for replace ? with variable
+  }
+
+  await db.close();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+export const mode_import = async (opts) => {
+  console.log("IMPORT", opts);
+
+  const db = new Database(opts.duckdb);
+  // DDB go through each product
+
+  const products = await db.all("SELECT * FROM PRODUCT");
+
+  for(let product of products) {
+    const my_product = await Product.insert({
+      created_at: product.created_on,
+      title: product.title,
+      description: product.description,
+      price: product.base_price,
+      currency: "USD",
+      currency_symbol: "$",
+      active: product.active,
+      slug: slugify(product.title, {lower: true, strict: true}),
+      short_blurb: product.description,
+      docs_url: product.private_location,
+      poster: product.poster,
+      category: "Python",
+      created_by: "Zed A. Shaw",
+      preorder: 1
+    });
+
+    const purchases = await db.all(`SELECT * FROM PURCHASE WHERE product=${product.id} AND state='PAID'`);
+
+    console.log("PRODUCT", my_product.title, "PURCHASES", purchases.length);
+
+    for(let purchase of purchases) {
+      const cust_q = await db.all(`SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER WHERE id=${purchase.customer}`);
+      const customer = cust_q[0];
+      const fake_password = User.random_hex(10);
+
+      let user = await User.register({
+        created_at: customer.created_on,
+        initials: "",
+        full_name: customer.full_name,
+        password: fake_password,
+        password_repeat: fake_password,
+        email: customer.email,
+        unsubscribe: !customer.promotable,
+        unsubscribed_on: null,
+      });
+
+      if(!user) {
+        console.log("USER EXISTS LOADING", customer.email);
+        user = await User.first({email: customer.email});
+      } else {
+        console.log("ADDED", user.email, user.id, "PASS", fake_password);
+      }
+
+      // create payment and then connect with upp
+      const payment = await Payment.insert({
+        created_at: purchase.created_on,
+        system: purchase.purchase_system.toLowerCase(),
+        status: "complete",
+        internal_id: Payment.gen_internal_id(),
+        sys_created_on: purchase.ended_on ? purchase.ended_on : purchase.created_on,
+        sys_primary_id: purchase.service_data || "",
+        sys_secondary_id: purchase.fsm_state,
+        user_id: purchase.customer,
+        status_reason: "imported",
+      });
+
+      const upp = await UserPaymentProduct.finish_purchase(user, payment, my_product);
+    }
+  }
+
+  await db.close();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+export const main = async (opts) => {
+  if(opts.modeSplit) {
+    check(opts.input !== undefined, "--input required for --mode-split");
+    await mode_split(opts);
+  } else if(opts.modeAnalyze) {
+    await mode_analyze(opts);
+  } else if(opts.modeImport) {
+    await mode_import(opts);
+  } else {
+    console.error("USAGE: need one of --mode-analyze, --mode-import, or --mode-sync. BACKUP THE DB FIRST.");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}