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+"""
+Script for ingesting IRTF SpeX spectra processed by pyspextool into the SIMPLE database.
+
+Expects spectra files to be uploaded to the S3 bucket in the following structure:
+https://bdnyc.s3.amazonaws.com/SpeX/pyspextool/{filename}
+"""
+
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from astropy.io import fits
+from astrodb_scripts import load_astrodb, find_source_in_db, AstroDBError
+from simple.schema import *
+from simple.schema import REFERENCE_TABLES
+from simple.utils.spectra import ingest_spectrum, spectrum_plottable
+
+SAVE_DB = False  # save the data files in addition to modifying the .db file
+RECREATE_DB = False  # recreates the .db file from the data files
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("AstroDB")
+logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+db = load_astrodb("SIMPLE.sqlite", recreatedb=RECREATE_DB, reference_tables=REFERENCE_TABLES)
+
+data_directory = "/Users/kelle/Desktop/processed data set" #proc directory
+logger.info(f"Data directory: {data_directory}")
+
+#TODO - only ingest files renamed and converted to Spectrum1D fits
+fits_files = Path(data_directory).glob("calspec*.fits")
+
+total_files = 0
+ingested = []
+skipped = []
+
+for file in fits_files:
+    total_files += 1
+    msg = f"\n Processing {file}"
+    logger.info(f"Processing {file}")
+    hdr = fits.getheader(file)
+
+    # Check if source is in the database
+    matches = find_source_in_db(db, hdr["OBJECT"], ra=hdr["RA"], dec=hdr["DEC"])
+    if len(matches) == 0:
+        skipped.append(file.name)
+        msg = f"Source {hdr['OBJECT']} not found in the database. Skipping."
+        logger.warning(msg)
+        continue  # exit loop and go to next file
+    elif len(matches) > 1:
+        skipped.append(file.name)
+        msg = f"Multiple matches found for {hdr['OBJECT']}. Skipping."
+        logger.warning(msg)
+        continue  # exit loop and go to next file
+    elif len(matches) == 1:
+        source = matches[0]
+        msg = f"Source {hdr['OBJECT']} found in the database as {source}."
+        print(msg)
+        logging.info(msg)
+
+    # Source is in the database, get other needed keywords from the header
+    regime = "nir"
+
+    if hdr["TELESCOP"] == "NASA IRTF":
+        telescope = "IRTF"
+    else:
+        skipped.append(file.name)
+        msg = f"Telescope {hdr['TELESCOP']} not expected. Skipping. Expected NASA IRTF."
+        logger.warning(msg)
+        continue
+
+    if hdr["INSTR"] == "SpeX":
+        instrument = "SpeX"
+    else:
+        skipped.append(file.name)
+        msg = f"Instrument {hdr['INSTRUME']} not expected. Skipping. Expected SpeX."
+        logger.warning(msg)
+        continue
+
+    if hdr["MODE"] == "Prism":
+        mode = "Prism"
+    elif hdr["MODE"] == "SXD":
+        mode = "SXD"
+    else:
+        skipped.append(file.name)
+        msg = f"Mode {hdr['MODE']} not expected. Skipping. Expected Prism or SXD."
+        logger.warning(msg)
+
+    obs_date = hdr["AVE_DATE"]
+
+    #TODO: make a reference for the pyspextool team
+    reference = "Missing" 
+
+    other_references = f"{hdr['PROG_ID']}: {hdr['OBSERVER']}"
+
+    spectrum = f"https://bdnyc.s3.amazonaws.com/SpeX/pyspextool/{file.name}"
+
+    # check if the spectrum is plottable
+    try:
+        plottable = spectrum_plottable(spectrum, raise_error=True)
+    except AstroDBError as e:
+        skipped.append(file.name)
+        logger.warning(f"Spectrum not plottable. Skipping {file.name}")
+        logger.debug(e)
+        continue
+
+    # Ingest the spectrum
+    # TODO - ingest the new way. 
+    try:
+        ingest_spectrum(
+            db,
+            source=source,
+            spectrum=spectrum,
+            regime=regime,
+            obs_date=obs_date,
+            telescope=telescope,
+            instrument=instrument,
+            mode=mode,
+            reference=reference,
+            other_references=other_references,
+        )
+        ingested.append(file.name)
+    except AstroDBError as e:
+        skipped.append(file.name)
+        logger.warning(f"Error ingesting {file.name}. Skipping.")
+        logger.debug(e)
+        continue
+
+if len(ingested) + len(skipped) != total_files:
+    msg = (
+        f"Some files were not ingested or skipped. \n"
+        f"n_ingested = {len(ingested)}, n_skipped = {len(skipped)}, total_files = {total_files}"
+    )
+    logger.error(msg)
+    raise AstroDBError
+
+if len(skipped) == 0:
+    logger.info(f"Ingested {len(ingested)} out of {total_files} files.")
+
+if len(skipped) > 0:
+    logger.warning(f"Skipped {len(skipped)} out of {total_files} files: \n {skipped}")