Creates to do lists on Basecamp

.gitignore

*.pyc
client-*

README.md

Cron Job

* * * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'cd /projects/basecamp && /usr/bin/python task.py >> /projects/basecamp/cron.log 2>&1'

task.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from ToDoList import Basecamp

if __name__ == "__main__":
    basecamp = Basecamp(username="username",
                        password="password",
                        basecamp_url="basecamp_url",
                        project_id="123456")

    list1 = basecamp.create_list(name="Daily",
                                 description="It's my description")

    for name in ["Testing", "Works?"]:
        list1.create_item(name)

ToDoList.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from httplib import HTTPSConnection
from base64 import encodestring


# notice the 4 soft-spaces indentation two lines separating class or
# function definitions, although instance methods uses 1 space
class Basecamp:
    def __init__(self, username, password, basecamp_url, project_id):
        self.auth = encodestring('%s:%s' % (username, password))[:-1]
        self.connection = HTTPSConnection(basecamp_url)
        self.project_id = project_id
        self.connection.set_debuglevel(1)

    def post(self, payload, url):
        self.connection.putrequest("POST", url)

        self.connection.putheader("Authorization", "Basic %s" % self.auth)

        # you could use single-quotes when wrapping around double-quotes:
        self.connection.putheader("Content-type", 'text/xml; charset="UTF-8"')

        self.connection.putheader("Content-length", "%d" % len(payload))
        self.connection.endheaders()

        self.connection.send(payload)
        response = self.connection.getresponse()
        self.connection.close()

        return response

    def create_list(self, name, description):
        _list = List(
            name=name,
            description=description,
            basecamp_instance=self,
        )

        _list.create()
        
        return _list
        

class List:
    _template = """
    <todo-list>
      <name>%s</name>
      <description>%s</description>
    </todo-list>""".strip()
    
    _path = "/projects/%s/todo_lists.xml"

    # no spaces between parameters and its default args
    def __init__(self, name, description=None, basecamp_instance=None):
        self.basecamp_instance = basecamp_instance
        self.content = (name, description)
        self.parent_id = self.basecamp_instance.project_id

    def path(self):
        return self._path % self.parent_id
        
    def payload(self):
        return self._template % self.content
        
    def create(self):
        response = self.basecamp_instance.post(self.payload(), self.path())
        self.id = response.getheader("Location").split('/')[-1]

        return response

    def create_item(self, content=""):
        item = ListItem(parent=self, content=content)
        item.create()
        
        return item


class ListItem(List):
    _template = """
    <todo-item>
      <content>%s</content>
    </todo-item>""".strip()
    
    _path = "/todo_lists/%s/todo_items.xml"
  
    # "list" is a python keyword, avoid naming variables after that
    def __init__(self, parent, content):
        self.basecamp_instance = parent.basecamp_instance
        self.content = content
        self.parent_id = parent.id