A little example how to send messages to a OneSociaWeb server in Python.

send_msg_to_osw.py

#!/usr/bin/python                                                                          

"""                                                                                        
FUNCTION: A little example how to send messages to a OneSociaWeb server                      
          (http://onesocialweb.org). Heavily inspired by Tyler                             
          Gillies' ruby script with the same purpose.                                      
                                                                                           
Copyright (c) 2010, Konrad Foerstner <konrad@foerstner.org>                                
                                                                                           
Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for                       
any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the                       
above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all                            
copies.                                                                                    
                                                                                           
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL                              
WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED                              
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE                           
AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL                       
DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR                      
PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER                             
TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR                           
PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.                                                              
                                                                                           
"""
__author__ = "Konrad Foerstner <konrad@foerstner.org>"
__copyright__ = "2010 by Konrad Foerstner <konrad@foerstner.org>"
__license__ = "ISC license"

import datetime
import time
import socket

def main():
    # Add account details e.g. for bob@flow.betavine.net                                   
    username = "" # e.g. bob                                                               
    password = "" # something special                                                      
    host = "" # e.g. flow.betavine.net                                                     
    osw_sender = OSWSender(host)
    osw_sender.connect()
    osw_sender.login(username, password)
    osw_sender.sent_message("Just another message - title",
                            "Just another message - content", username, host)
    osw_sender.disconnect()

class OSWSender(object):

    def __init__(self, host, port=5222):
        self.host = host
        self.port = port
        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        self.socket.connect((host, port))

    def connect(self):
        stream = ("<?xml version='1.0'?><stream:stream to='%s' "
                  "xmlns='jabber:client' xmlns:stream="
                  "'http://etherx.jabber.org/streams' version='1.0'>"
                  % (self.host))
        self.socket.send(stream)
        print self.socket.recv(512)

    def login(self, username, password):
        auth = ("<auth xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl' "
                "mechanism='PLAIN'/>")
        self.socket.send(auth)
        print self.socket.recv(512)
        login=("<iq type='set' id='auth2'><query xmlns='jabber:iq:auth'>"
               "<username>%s</username> <password>%s</password>"
               "<resource>raw</resource></query></iq>" % (username, password))
        self.socket.send(login)
        print self.socket.recv(512)

    def sent_message(self, message_title, message_content, username, host):
        # Todo - fix time zone information                                                 
        time = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S ") + "+00:00"
        message = (
            "<iq type='set' from='%s@%s' id='osw2'>"
            "<pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'>"
            "<publish node='urn:xmpp:microblog:0'>"
            "<item>"
            "<entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'"
            "xmlns:activity='http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/' "
            "xmlns:osw='http://onesocialweb.org/spec/1.0/'>"
            "<published>%s</published>"
            "<title>%s</title>"
            "<activity:verb>"
            "http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb>"
            "<activity:object>"
            "<activity:object-type>"
            "http://onesocialweb.org/spec/1.0/object"
            "/status</activity:object-type>"
            "<content type='text/plain'>%s</content>"
            "</activity:object>"
            "<osw:acl-rule>"
            "<osw:acl-action permission="
            "'http://onesocialweb.org/spec/1.0/acl/permission/grant'>"
            "http://onesocialweb.org/spec/1.0/acl/action/view</osw:acl-action>"
            "<osw:acl-subject type="
            "'http://onesocialweb.org/spec/1.0/acl/subject/everyone'/>"
            "</osw:acl-rule>"
            "</entry>"
            "</item>"
            "</publish>"
            "</pubsub>"
            "</iq>" % (username, host, time, message_title, message_content))
        self.socket.send(message)
        print self.socket.recv(512)

    def disconnect(self):
        self.socket.close()

if __name__ == '__main__': main()