#!/usr/bin/python
import xmlrpclib
import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
current_date = now.strftime("%m%d%Y")
leading_channel_tag = "mychannel-"

SATELLITE_URL = "http://somehost/rpc/api"
SATELLITE_LOGIN = "foo"
SATELLITE_PASSWORD ="bar"

client = xmlrpclib.Server(SATELLITE_URL, verbose=0)

key = client.auth.login(SATELLITE_LOGIN, SATELLITE_PASSWORD)

redhat_channels = client.channel.listRedHatChannels(key)

type(client)

for redhat_channel in redhat_channels:
  channel_label = str(redhat_channel["label"])
  child_channels = client.channel.software.listChildren(key, channel_label)
  if child_channels:
    parent_channel_name = leading_channel_tag + str(redhat_channel["name"]) + "-" + current_date
    parent_channel_label = leading_channel_tag + channel_label + "-" + current_date
    clone_channel_details = {
      'label'         : parent_channel_label,
      'name'          : parent_channel_name,
      'summary'       : parent_channel_label
      }

    if not client.configchannel.channelExists(key, clone_channel_details):
      print parent_channel_label + " Exists"

    for child_channel in child_channels:
      child_channel_name = leading_channel_tag +  str(child_channel["name"]) + "-" + current_date
      child_channel_label = leading_channel_tag +  str(child_channel["label"]) + "-" + current_date
      clone_channel_details = {
        'label'         : child_channel_label,
        'name'          : child_channel_name,
        'parent_label'  : parent_channel_label,
        'summary'       : parent_channel_label
        }
      if client.configchannel.channelExists(key, child_channel_label):
        print "\t" + child_channel_label + " Exists"

client.auth.logout(key)