Programmatically add a Joomla Article from CLI - php

Question

I want to be able to add many articles programmatically in Joomla, from the command line using the cli feature in Joomla CMS.
I am basically using Create a Joomla! Article Programmatically but my script closes out after creating just one article with the error line
Error displaying the error page: Application Instantiation
Error:Application Instantiation Error
This is the code that I am running from within the /cli folder in Joomla.
I am using Joomla 3.4
<?php
const _JEXEC = 1;
if (file_exists(dirname(__DIR__) . '/defines.php'))
{
require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/defines.php';
}
if (!defined('_JDEFINES'))
{
define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(__DIR__));
require_once JPATH_BASE . '/includes/defines.php';
}
require_once JPATH_LIBRARIES . '/import.legacy.php';
require_once JPATH_LIBRARIES . '/cms.php';
require_once JPATH_CONFIGURATION . '/configuration.php';
class AddArticle extends JApplicationCli
{
public function doExecute()
{
$count = 10;
while ($count > 0)
{
$count--;
$jarticle = new stdClass();
$jarticle->title = 'New article added programmatically' . rand();
$jarticle->introtext = '<p>A programmatically created article</p>';
$table = JTable::getInstance('content', 'JTable');
$data = (array)$jarticle;
// Bind data
if (!$table->bind($data))
{
die('bind error');
return false;
}
// Check the data.
if (!$table->check())
{
die('check error');
return false;
}
// Store the data.
if (!$table->store())
{
die('store error');
return false;
}
}
}
}
JApplicationCli::getInstance('AddArticle')->execute();

Answer 1

I was able to find the answer to this as it had been raised as an issue at github, so I am posting that solution here.
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/7028
It is necessary to register the application like this, if the command line app uses JTable:
class MakeSql extends JApplicationCli
{
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
JFactory::$application = $this; // this is necessary if using JTable
}
public function doExecute()
{
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
// ... etc etc ...
I did this and it worked fine.