Simple script to fetch patches from Django tracker

django_patch.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from __future__ import with_statement
from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy
import sys

USER = ""
PASS = ""

def get_number(prompt):
    while True:
        v = raw_input(prompt)
        try:
            v = int(v)
        except Exception:
            print "Invalid value"
            continue
        return v
 
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    tnum = int(sys.argv[1])
else:
    print "No ticket number given"
    sys.exit(1)

p = ServerProxy('https://%s:%s@code.djangoproject.com/login/rpc' % (USER, PASS))
attachments = p.ticket.listAttachments(tnum)
if not attachments:
    print "No patched for ticket %d" % tnum
    sys.exit(1)
print "Available patches:"
for i, (name, desc, _size, _time, author) in enumerate(attachments):
    print "%d) %s by %s (%s)" % (i+1, name, author, desc)
selection = get_number("Choose a number (0 to abort):")
if not selection:
    print "Aborted"
    sys.exit(1)
name = attachments[int(selection)-1][0]
with open(name, "w+") as f:
    data = p.ticket.getAttachment(tnum, name)
    f.write(str(data))
print "Patch downloaded as %r" % name