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import re
import uuid

def getUniqueID():
    import uuid
    return str(uuid.uuid4())

def getTime():
	import datetime
	now = str(datetime.datetime.now())
	return now

sampleClient ={"sheetName":"mySheet","sheetOwnerEmail":"mackaycrawford@gmil.com","columns":[["FirstName","true","owner","collaborator","largeText","medium"],["LastName","true","everyone","collaborator","text","small"]]}

def buildSheet():
	
    sheetDef = {}
    colDef = []

if 'sheetName' in sampleClient:
        sheetDef['sheetName'] = sampleClient['sheetName']
    else: 
        print "No Sheet Name"
        
    sheetDef['sheetId'] = getUniqueID()
    
    if 'sheetOwnerEmail' in sampleClient:
        sheetDef['sheetOwnerEmail'] = sampleClient['sheetOwnerEmail']
    else: 
        print "no User Email"
    sheetDef['sheetParentOrg'] = ""
    sheetDef['sheetOrg'] = ""
    sheetDef['sheetOrgTeam'] = ""
    sheetDef['sheetCreatedDate'] = getTime()
    sheetDef['sheetShared'] = "No"
    sheetDef['sheetSharedDate'] = ""
    sheetDef['sheetLocked'] = "No"
    sheetDef['sheetLockedDate'] = ""
    sheetDef['contributors'] = []
    sheetDef['sharedOwners'] = []
    
    for items in sampleClient['columns']:
        coldict = {}
        coldict["columnName"] = items[0]
        coldict["required"] = items[1]
        coldict["whoView"] = items[2]
        coldict["whoEdit"] = items[3]
        coldict["dataType"] = items[4]
        
        checkMatch = re.match("owner", items[3])
        if checkMatch: 
            coldict["hidden"] = "True"
        else: 
            coldict["hidden"] = "False"
        
        #small, medium, large, verlarge
        checkMatch = re.match("small", items[5])
        if checkMatch: 
            coldict["colWidth"] = 90
        checkMatch = re.match("medium", items[5])
        if checkMatch: 
            coldict["colWidth"] = 120
        checkMatch = re.match("large", items[5])
        if checkMatch: 
            coldict["colWidth"] = 150
        checkMatch = re.match("verylarge", items[5])
        if checkMatch: 
            coldict["colWidth"] = 200
        
        colDef.append(coldict)
    
    sheetDef['columns'] = colDef
    return sheetDef
    
    
print buildSheet()

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