twython/tango.py

#!/usr/bin/python

"""
	Tango is an up-to-date library for Python that wraps the Twitter API.
	Other Python Twitter libraries seem to have fallen a bit behind, and
	Twitter's API has evolved a bit. Here's hoping this helps.

	Questions, comments? ryan@venodesigns.net
"""

import urllib, urllib2

from urllib2 import HTTPError

try:
	import simplejson
except:
	print "Tango requires the simplejson library to work. http://www.undefined.org/python/"

try:
	import oauth
except:
	print "Tango requires oauth for authentication purposes. http://oauth.googlecode.com/svn/code/python/oauth/oauth.py"

class setup:
	def __init__(self, authtype = "OAuth", username = None, password = None, oauth_keys = None, debug = False):
		self.authtype = authtype
		self.authenticated = False
		self.username = username
		self.password = password
		self.oauth_keys = oauth_keys
		self.debug = debug
		if self.username is not None and self.password is not None:
			if self.authtype == "OAuth":
				pass
			elif self.authtype == "Basic":
				self.auth_manager = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
				self.auth_manager.add_password(None, "http://twitter.com", self.username, self.password)
				self.handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(self.auth_manager)
				self.opener = urllib2.build_opener(self.handler)
				self.authenticated = True
		else:
			pass
	
	def explainOAuthSupport(self):
		print "Sorry, OAuth support is still forthcoming. Default back to Basic Authentication for now, or help out on this front!"
		pass

	# OAuth functions; shortcuts for verifying the credentials.
	def fetch_response_oauth(self, oauth_request):
		pass
	
	def get_unauthorized_request_token(self):
		pass
	
	def get_authorization_url(self, token):
		pass
	
	def exchange_tokens(self, request_token):
		pass
	
	# URL Shortening function huzzah
	def shortenURL(self, url_to_shorten, shortener = "http://is.gd/api.php", query = "longurl"):
		shortURL = urllib2.urlopen(shortener + "?" + urllib.urlencode({query: url_to_shorten})).read()
		return shortURL
	
	def constructApiURL(self, base_url, params):
		queryURL = base_url
		questionMarkUsed = False
		for param in params:
			if params[param] is not None:
				queryURL += (("&" if questionMarkUsed is True else "?") + param + "=" + params[param])
				questionMarkUsed = True
		return queryURL
	
	def createGenericTimeline(self, existingTimeline):
		# Many of Twitter's API functions return the same style of data. This function just wraps it if we need it.
		genericTimeline = []
		for tweet in existingTimeline:
			genericTimeline.append({
				"created_at": tweet["created_at"],
				"in_reply_to_screen_name": tweet["in_reply_to_screen_name"],
				"in_reply_to_status_id": tweet["in_reply_to_status_id"],
				"in_reply_to_user_id": tweet["in_reply_to_user_id"],
				"id": tweet["id"], 
				"text": tweet["text"]
			})
		return genericTimeline
		
	def getPublicTimeline(self):
		return self.createGenericTimeline(simplejson.load(urllib2.urlopen("http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.json")))
	
	def getFriendsTimeline(self, **kwargs):
		if self.authenticated is True:
			friendsTimelineURL = self.constructApiURL("http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.json", kwargs)
			return self.createGenericTimeline(simplejson.load(self.opener.open(friendsTimelineURL)))
		else:
			print "getFriendsTimeline() requires you to be authenticated."
			pass
	
	def getUserTimeline(self, **kwargs): 
		userTimelineURL = self.constructApiURL("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/" + self.username + ".json", kwargs)
		try:
			return self.createGenericTimeline(simplejson.load(urllib2.urlopen(userTimelineURL)))
		except:
			print "Hmmm, that failed. Does this user hide/protect their updates? If so, you'll need to authenticate and be their friend to get their timeline."
			pass
	
	def getUserMentions(self, **kwargs):
		if self.authenticated is True:
			if self.authtype == "Basic":
				mentionsFeedURL = self.constructApiURL("http://twitter.com/statuses/mentions.json", kwargs)
				mentionsFeed = simplejson.load(self.opener.open(mentionsFeedURL))
				return self.createGenericTimeline(mentionsFeed)
			else:
				pass
		else:
			print "getUserMentions() requires you to be authenticated."
			pass
	
	def updateStatus(self, status, in_reply_to_status_id = None):
		if self.authenticated is True:
			if self.authtype == "Basic":
				try:
					self.opener.open("http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json?", urllib.urlencode({"status": status}, {"in_reply_to_status_id": in_reply_to_status_id}))
				except HTTPError, e:
					print e.code
					print e.headers
			else:
				self.explainOAuthSupport()
		else:
			print "updateStatus() requires you to be authenticated."
			pass
	
	def destroyStatus(self, id):
		if self.authenticated is True:
			if self.authtype == "Basic":
				self.opener.open("http://twitter.com/status/destroy/" + id + ".json", "POST")
			else:
				self.explainOAuthSupport()
		else:
			print "destroyStatus() requires you to be authenticated."
			pass
	
	def getSearchTimeline(self, search_query, optional_page):
		params = urllib.urlencode({'q': search_query, 'rpp': optional_page}) # Doesn't hurt to do pages this way. *shrug*
		try:
			searchTimeline = simplejson.load(urllib2.urlopen("http://search.twitter.com/search.json", params))
			# This one is custom built because the search feed is a bit different than the other feeds.
			genericTimeline = []
			for tweet in searchTimeline["results"]:
				genericTimeline.append({
					"created_at": tweet["created_at"],
					"from_user": tweet["from_user"],
					"from_user_id": tweet["from_user_id"],
					"profile_image_url": tweet["profile_image_url"],
					"id": tweet["id"],
					"text": tweet["text"],
					"to_user_id": tweet["to_user_id"]
				})
			return genericTimeline
		except HTTPError, e:
			print e.code
			print e.headers
	
	def getCurrentTrends(self):
		# Returns an array of dictionary items containing the current trends
		trendingTopicsURL = "http://search.twitter.com/trends.json"
		trendingTopics = simplejson.load(urllib.urlopen(trendingTopicsURL))
		trendingTopicsArray = []
		for topic in trendingTopics['trends']:
			trendingTopicsArray.append({"name" : topic['name'], "url" : topic['url']})
		return trendingTopicsArray