Commplish Badge Awarding API

gistfile1.py

import md5
import urllib
import urllib2

#the API Secret for your Project
secret = '9393c2df-e1c8-457c-adc1-a5b75210d52f'

#the User email address you querying (all lowercase)
email = 'andrewxhill@gmail.com'

#concatenate the two parameters
sig_string = secret + email

#create md5 hash
m = md5.new()
m.update(sig_string)

#the API Signature
api_sig = m.hexdigest()

#create an md5 of the user email
u = md5.new()
u.update(email)
user = m.hexdigest()

#name of the Badge you are granting to the user
#lowercase. spaces replaced with underscores
badge_name = {YOUR-BADGE-ID}  #e.g. "trochilidae_expert"

#name of the Collection that contains the Badge
#lowercase. spaces replaced with underscores
collection_id = {YOUR-COLLECTION-ID}  #e.g. "species_cartographer"

#name of your Project
#lowercase. spaces replaced with underscores
project_id = {YOUR-PROJECT-ID} #e.g. "mol"

#create a parameters object
params = {
          'user': user,
          'id': project_id,
          'api_sig': api_sig,
          'badge': badge_id,
          'collection': collection_id
         }

#create and send request
url = 'http://www.commplish.com/public/user/give-badge'
data = urllib.urlencode(params)
request = urllib2.Request(url, data)
response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
output = response.read()