gistfile1.py

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import urllib2
from django.utils import simplejson as json
from urllib import quote_plus
api_url = "http://www.fishbans.com/api/stats/%s/force/"
if len(args) == 1 and args[0] == "":
    print "This factoid requires input."
user = args[0]
request = urllib2.urlopen(api_url % quote_plus(user)).read()
j = json.loads(request)

if j["success"] == False:
    print "Could not fetch ban data for %s." % user

user_url = "http://fishbans.com/u/%s" % user
ban_count = j["stats"]["totalbans"]

print "The user \x02%s\x02 has \x02%s\x02 bans. See detailed info " \
      "at %s" % (user, ban_count, user_url)