pull a list from rtm and dump it in org

02-124528.rtm.py

import rtm

token = ''                      # get this somewhere else

# this is the token and secret from the rtm-cli app so I assume putting it here is ok
milk = rtm.createRTM('cbc76268b901ccb8d9fc5f3aebc4ee1f',
                     '131beea786379309',
                     token
)

tasks = milk.tasks.getList(filter='list:books status:incomplete')

tasks = tasks.tasks.list[0].taskseries

for task in sorted(tasks, key=lambda x: x.name.replace('The','').strip()):
    if hasattr(task.tags, 'tag'):
        tags = task.tags.tag
        if isinstance(tags, list):
            tags = ':{0}:'.format(':'.join(tags))
        else:
            tags = ':{0}:'.format(tags)
    else:
        tags = ''
    url = task.url or None
    title = task.name.strip().replace('[','{').replace(']','}')
    if url:
        print('* [[{0}][{1}]] {2}'.format(url, title, tags))
    else:
        print('* {0} {1}'.format(title, tags))