Added python3 script that uploads data to IoTHub

scoop_up_data.py

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+import argparse
+from azure.iot.device import IoTHubDeviceClient
+import time
+import os, fnmatch
+from datetime import datetime
+
+# specify/parse input parameters
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('dataFolder', help='folder containg CSV files to upload to Azure IoT hub')
+res = parser.parse_args()
+
+# prepare for upload
+print("Starting iothub client")
+iothub_connstring = "HostName=..."
+client =  IoTHubDeviceClient.create_from_connection_string(iothub_connstring)
+client.connect()
+
+print("Reading files from " + os.path.abspath(res.dataFolder) + ":")
+
+#get a list of files from the folder, sorted alfabetically
+listOfFiles = sorted(os.listdir(res.dataFolder))
+pattern = "*.csv"
+count = 0
+
+for entry in listOfFiles:
+    if fnmatch.fnmatch(entry, pattern):
+
+        # read the file's contents
+        filename = os.path.join( os.path.abspath(res.dataFolder), entry)
+        file = open(filename, 'r')
+        contents = file.read()
+
+        # upload to azure IoT Hub
+        client.send_message(contents)
+
+        #  close and delete file
+        file.close()
+
+        os.rename(filename, os.path.join(os.path.abspath(res.dataFolder), "uploaded_" + entry))
+        count = count + 1
+
+        print (str(count) + " - " + filename)
+
+
+print("Files uploaded: " + str(count))
+
+client.disconnect()
+# meter um try-catch!