pnut_printer.py

# Author: @33MHz
# 2017-03-04 hackday
# Polls, printing to USB receipt printer

from pnutpy import api
import subprocess
from shlex import quote

api.add_authorization_token('TOKEN HERE')

# get since_id from file
try:
    f = open("FOLDER LOCATION/since_id","r")
except:
    f = open("FOLDER LOCATION/since_id","w")
since_id = f.read()
f.close()
if not since_id or since_id == '':
    since_id = 1

# get tags
posts = api.posts_with_hashtag('pnutprinter',since_id=since_id,include_deleted=0)

# save since_id
f = open("FOLDER LOCATION/since_id","w")
try:
    posts[0][0].id
except:
    f.write(since_id)
else:
    f.write(str(posts[0][0].id))
f.close()

# repost them
for post in reversed(posts[0]):
    cmd = "echo "+ str(post.id) +" @"+post.user.username+": "+ quote(post.content.text) +" | lpr -P receipt"
    
    try:
        # repost
        api.repost_post(post.id)
        # print
        subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
    except:
        print('error reposting or printing')