fb client

fb.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# coding: utf-8

##############################################################################
# DRAFT 0.3
#
# REQUIREMENTS
# $ pip install fbconsole
# 
# USAGE
# - direct post
# $ python fb.py "Posting to facebook"
#
# - post to friends wall
# $ python fb.py /username "posting on username wall"
#
# - Post a picture
# $ python fb.py photo /tmp/file.png "this is a picture"
#
# - Retrieving latest 5 posts from your news fedd
# $ python fb.py news 5
# - 3 latest posts by you
# $ python fb.py posts 3
# - Reading 8 latests posts on your wall
# $ python fb.py wall 8
# - Listing latest 30 things you liked
# $ python fb.py likes 30
#
# Onptionally you can do:
# sudo -i
# ln -s /path/fb.py /bin/fb
# then you have a command "fb" to call directly
# $ fb "updating my facebook status"
##############################################################################

import fbconsole
import sys

fbconsole.AUTH_SCOPE ='publish_stream,publish_checkins,read_mailbox,read_requests,read_stream,manage_notifications,'.split(',')
fbconsole.authenticate()


def post(args):
    to = args[0] + "/feed" if args[0].startswith("/") else "/me/feed"
    data = dict(message=args[0] if len(args) == 1 else args[1])    
    print fbconsole.post(to, data)[u"id"]
    
def postphoto(args):
    to = "/me/photos"
    data = dict(source=open(args[0]))
    if len(args) > 1:
        data["message"] = args[1]
    print fbconsole.post(to, data)[u"id"]

def getstuff(where, args):
    limit=5 if not args else int(args[0])
    print limit
    data = dict(limit=limit)
    total = 1
    for post in fbconsole.iter_pages(fbconsole.get(where, data)):
        total += 1
        print post
        print post.get('message')
        print "#"*80
        if total > limit:
            break

functions = dict(
    post=post,
    photo=postphoto,
    posts=lambda args: getstuff("/me/posts", args),
    wall=lambda args: getstuff("/me/feed", args),
    news=lambda args: getstuff("/me/home", args),
    likes=lambda args: getstuff("/me/likes", args)
)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    args = sys.argv[1:]
    functions.get(args[0], lambda x: post(args))(args[1:])