Generic class to enable posting and eading mentions on identi.ca or statusnet microblogging sites

identca_class.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# * coding: utf-8 *
# (c) Harshad Joshi, 2011
# Post on identi.ca using CLI


import json, urllib2
from urllib import urlencode
import sys,feedparser


class IdentiCa:

	def __init__(self,user,pwd,apibase):
		self.user = user
		self.pwd = pwd
		self.apibase = apibase

	def post(self,msg):
		# connection magic
		pwd_mgr = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
		pwd_mgr.add_password(None, self.apibase, self.user, self.pwd)
		handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(pwd_mgr)

		opener = urllib2.build_opener(handler)

		urllib2.install_opener(opener)

		# now define a message

		self.msg = msg 
		if (self.msg.lower() == 'exit'):
			sys.exit(0)
		else:
			if (self.msg.lower() == 'mentions'):
				a=urllib2.urlopen("http://identi.ca/api/statuses/mentions/hj91.rss")
			        b=feedparser.parse(a)
	
				for i in range(len(b.entries)):
        			        print b.entries[i].title

			
			        del(a)
				del(b)

			else:
			# url encode it nicely and set your own client name – no links in source!
				themsg	=urlencode({'status':self.msg,'source':'CollaborativeMicroblogging'})
			# and send the notice
			        urllib2.urlopen(self.apibase+'/statuses/update.json?s', themsg)


m=IdentiCa(user = "hj91",pwd = " ",apibase = "https://identi.ca/api")

while(1):
	c=raw_input ("Enter somthing >> ")
	m.post(c)

This class is part of SocialBridge v0.1