Small utility to create linkodes on the command line, it integrates nicely with vim (visual select and then <>! linkode -t python -b)

linkode

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""linkode utility"""
from __future__ import print_function

import sys
import argparse
import requests
import webbrowser

def parse_args():
    """parse and return command line arguments"""
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Create a new Linkode')

    parser.add_argument('--type', '-t', metavar='TYPE',
        help='Specify file type')
    parser.add_argument('--parent', '-p', metavar='PARENTID',
            help='Parent Id to create a new revision of an existing linkode')
    parser.add_argument('--linkodeid', '-i', metavar='LINKODEID',
            help='Linkode Id where this revision belongs')
    parser.add_argument('--file', '-f', metavar='PATH',
            help='Path to the file to send, if not specified read from stdin')
    parser.add_argument('--url', '-u', metavar='URL',
            help='Linkode URL', default="http://linkode.org")
    parser.add_argument('--browser', '-b', action="store_true",
            help='Open linkode page', default=False)

    return parser.parse_args()

def join_url(host, path):
    """join a host and a path taking care of the slashes"""
    if host.endswith("/"):
        host = host[:-1]

    if path.startswith("/"):
        path = path[1:]

    return host + "/" + path

def main():
    """main program"""
    args = parse_args()

    if args.file is None:
        content = sys.stdin.read()
    else:
        with open(args.file) as handle:
            content = handle.read()

    body = {'content': content}

    if args.type:
        body["text_type"] = args.type

    if args.parent and args.linkodeid:
        body["parent"] = args.parent
        url = join_url(args.url, "/api/1/linkodes/" + args.linkodeid)
    else:
        url = join_url(args.url, "/api/1/linkodes/")

    print(url, body)
    response = requests.post(url, data=body)
    if response.status_code == 201:
        response_data = response.json()
        lid = response_data[u'linkode_id']
        rev = response_data[u'revno']

        result_url = join_url(args.url, lid + "/" + rev)

        if args.browser:
            webbrowser.open(result_url)

        return result_url
    else:
        return "Expected status 201, got " + str(response.status_code)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(main())