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import oauth2 as oauth
import urlparse
url = 'http://www.goodreads.com'
request_token_url = '%s/oauth/request_token/' % url
authorize_url = '%s/oauth/authorize/' % url
access_token_url = '%s/oauth/access_token/' % url
consumer = oauth.Consumer(key='Your-GoodReads-Key',
secret='Your-GoodReads-Secret')
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benmj / goodreads.py
Created January 17, 2013 00:41
fooling around with goodreads api
# http://www.goodreads.com/book/title.xml?author=Roberto+Bola%C3%B1o&key=Iz76TB8T47u8g4T90VKg&title=Savage+Detectives&format=json
body = urllib.urlencode({ 'author' : 'Karen Russel', 'title' : 'Swamplandia', 'format' : 'json' })
response, content = client.request('%s/book/title.xml' % url,
'GET', body, headers)
body = urllib.urlencode({'name': 'read', 'book_id': 8584686})
headers = {'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
response, content = client.request('%s/shelf/add_to_shelf.xml' % url,
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benmj / Resume1-11-2013.md
Created January 11, 2013 16:48
Current Resume

Ben Jacobs

Web and Mobile Developer

815 West Princeton Ave / Fresno, CA 93705
(559) 286 - 5662
benmillerj@gmail.com

Summary

  • A web and mobile developer comfortable working in a variety of platforms such as PHP, HTML5, Javascript, jQuery, Objective-C, Delphi, SQL, MongoDB, Joomla Framework, and Symfony Framework
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benmj / Books.md
Created January 3, 2013 15:45
Book Wishlist / To-Read List

Books

General Fiction and Non-Fiction

  1. The Honest Truth About Dishonesty (Radiolab?)
  2. An Economist Gets Lunch
  3. Exit Voice and Loyalty - A O Hischman
  4. The Rook - Kevin O'Malley. Dad recommends.
  5. 14 Minutes - Alberto Salazar (distance runner. NYorker article)
  6. Monkey Love - by Robert S. on Radiolab