Automatic post latest smiley on your timeline (Plurk API 1.0)

plurk-smiley-notifier.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
APIKEY = 'YOUR_APIKEY'
USERNAME = 'YOUR_USERNAME'
PASSWORD = 'YOUR_PASSWORD'

#--- Setup ---------------------------------------------------
import sys, os, urllib, urllib2, cookielib
try:
	import json
except:
	import simplejson as json

base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
get_path = lambda x: '%s/%s' % (base_dir, x)
opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor())
api_key = APIKEY
get_api_url = lambda x: 'http://www.plurk.com/API%s' % x
encode = urllib.urlencode


def new_emotions():
	fp = opener.open(get_api_url('/Emoticons/get'),
	                 encode({'api_key': api_key}))
	resp = json.loads(fp.read())

	# strip unused info
	new_emoticons = []
	for i in [[icon[0] for icon in icons] for (karma, icons) in resp['karma'].iteritems()]:
		for j in i:
			new_emoticons.append(j)

	# load old emoticons
	old_emoticons = json.load(open(get_path('emoticons.cache'), 'r'))

	# compare them
	diff = [i for i in new_emoticons if i not in old_emoticons]
	if diff:
		# cache latest emoticons
		json.dump(new_emoticons, open(get_path('emoticons.cache'), 'w'))

	return diff


def login(username, password):
	fp = opener.open(get_api_url('/Users/login'),
	                 encode({'username': username,
	                         'password': password,
	                         'no_data': '1',
	                         'api_key': api_key}))
	resp = json.loads(fp.read())
	
	return resp.has_key('success_text')	


def post(message, qualifier='says', lang='en'):
	fp = opener.open(get_api_url('/Timeline/plurkAdd'),
	                 encode({'content': message,
	                         'qualifier': qualifier,
	                         'lang': lang,
	                         'api_key': api_key}))
	return json.loads(fp.read())


if __name__ == '__main__': 
	new_emotions = new_emotions()
	if new_emotions:
		print 'New emotions found.'
		if login(USERNAME, PASSWORD):
			print 'Login success.'
			post(str.join(' ', new_emotions).encode('utf-8'), qualifier='wonders', lang='tr_ch')
			print '%d new emoticons were added: %s' % (len(new_emotions), str.join(', ', new_emotions))