Twisted Ping.fm Client
I just merged async (Twisted) support into the Python ping.fm library today and have just taken it for a test drive. I do love Twisted :-) The Twisted pyngfm API usage is identical to the synchronous API, with the usual exception of using deferreds and callbacks.
Here's some example usage, the client I now use for command-line updates to Twitter, Identi.ca, Tumblr, Facebook, LinkedIn, Jaiku, and even Flickr (note that the keys are stored in an .ini-style config file):
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
from twisted.internet import reactor
from pyngfm.client import PingFMAsyncClient
def checkMessage(message):
if len(message) > 140:
print "Message is too long! (%s chars)" % len(message)
sys.exit(1)
def getKeys():
cred_file = "/etc/ping.fm.creds"
config = SafeConfigParser()
config.read([cred_file])
api_key = config.get("default", "api-key")
user_app_key = config.get("default", "user-app-key")
return api_key, user_app_key
def pingIt(message):
def check_result(status):
print status
def check_error(error):
print error.getErrorMessage()
def finish(ignored):
reactor.stop()
pinger = PingFMAsyncClient(*getKeys())
deferred = pinger.user_post("status", body=message)
deferred.addErrback(check_error)
deferred.addCallback(check_result)
deferred.addErrback(check_error)
deferred.addCallback(finish)
if __name__ == "__main__":
message = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
checkMessage(message)
pingIt(message)
reactor.run()
There's another example in the README that iterates through the recents posts made to ping.fm. If you do manage to use it and come across any issues, be sure to file a ticket.
Enjoy!
Syndicated 2009-09-07 22:20:00 (Updated 2009-09-07 22:45:33) from Duncan McGreggor