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"#!/usr/bin/python import getopt, sys, httplib, string, re, getpass def usage(): print "%s -p (--post-entry) <file>" % (sys.argv[0]) def extract_pass(header): ''' Grab encrypted password from a "Set-Cookie" header. Example header: "Set-Cookie: id=jordan:32f/XCcPSGAMzsS5/ky/; path=/; Expires=Monday" Result: "32f/XCcPSGAMzsS5/ky/" ''' # Grab the Set-Cookie: line. header = string.split(header, '\n')[2] return string.split(string.split(header, ':')[2], ';')[0] def check_response(code, header): ''' Check if HTTP headers were accepted by server. ''' if code != 200: print 'Error sending headers -- %s' % (header) sys.exit() def check_auth(header): ''' Check if authentication failed. ''' # Bad login or password. if string.find(header, 'Set-Cookie') == -1: print 'Error authenticating -- %s' % (header) sys.exit() def extract_entry_number(html): ''' Return the diary entry number from raw HTML code. ''' # Find the line 'name=key value=N' where N is # the diary entry number and save it. entry_num = '' for line in html: if string.find(line, 'name=key value=') != -1: # Extract the number from the string entry_num = re.sub('\D', '', line) break return entry_num def get_entry_number(userid, password): ''' Get the diary entry number for "userid." This number is necessary in order to post new diary entries. ''' hlink = httplib.HTTP('www.advogato.org') hlink.putrequest('GET', '/diary/ HTTP/1.0') hlink.putheader('Host', 'www.advogato.org') hlink.putheader('Cookie2', '$Version="1"') hlink.putheader('Cookie', 'id=%s:%s' % (userid, password)) hlink.endheaders() errcode, errmsg, header = hlink.getreply() check_response(errcode, header) # Grab HTML. raw_html = string.split(hlink.getfile().read(), '\n') hlink.getfile().close() entry_num = '' entry_num = extract_entry_number(raw_html) if not entry_num: print 'Entry value for %s not found -- %s' % (userid, header) sys.exit() return entry_num def get_entry(entry_file): ''' Return the contents of `entry_file`, which contains the user`s entry. ''' try: file_in = open(entry_file, 'r') except: print 'Error opening %s' % (entry_file) sys.exit() # Replace newlines with

's, otherwise the encoded URL # will not be accepted. entry = re.sub('\n', '

', file_in.read()) return entry def post_entry(user_info, entry_file): ''' Post entry to advogato. ''' userid = user_info[0] password = user_info[1] urlencoded = 'u=' userid '