open a random set of latest viewpages on coachseye.com

openlatest.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import json
import httplib

from subprocess import call

def makerequest( count, skip ):
   conn = httplib.HTTPConnection( "v.coachseye.com" )

   conn.connect()
   conn.putrequest( "GET", "/api/v1/lists/public?top=%s&skip=%s" % ( count, skip ) )
   conn.endheaders()

   return conn.getresponse()

def main( argv ):
   if len( argv ) < 3:
      print "usage %s <count> <skip>" % argv[0]
      return

   data = json.load( makerequest( argv[1], argv[2] ) )

   for item in data["Items"]:
      call( [ "open", item["Url"] ] )

if __name__ == "__main__":
   main( sys.argv )