Creates to do lists on Basecamp

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*.pyc

README.md

Cron Job

* * * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'cd /projects/basecamp && /usr/bin/python task.py >> /projects/basecamp/cron.log 2>&1'

task.py

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

from httplib import HTTPSConnection
from base64 import encodestring


# notice the 4 soft-spaces indentation two lines separating class or
# function definitions, although instance methods uses 1 space
class Basecamp:
    def __init__(self, username, password, basecamp_url, project_id):
        self.auth = encodestring('%s:%s' % (username, password))[:-1]
        self.basecamp_url = basecamp_url
        self.connection = HTTPSConnection(basecamp_url)
        self.project_id = project_id

    def post(self, data, url):
        self.connection.putrequest("POST", url)

        self.connection.putheader("Authorization", "Basic %s" % self.auth)

        # you could use single-quotes when wrapping around double-quotes:
        self.connection.putheader("Content-type", 'text/xml; charset="UTF-8"')

        self.connection.putheader("Content-length", "%d" % len(data))
        self.connection.endheaders()

        self.connection.send(data)
        response = self.connection.getresponse()
        self.connection.close()

        return response

    def create_list(self, name, description):
        blist = List(
            name=name,
            description=description,
            basecamp_instance=self,
        )
        return blist.create()


class List:
    template = """
    <todo-list>
      <name>%s</name>
      <description>%s</description>
    </todo-list>""".strip()

    # no spaces between parameters and its default args
    def __init__(self, name, description=None, basecamp_instance=None):
        self.name = name
        self.description = description
        self.basecamp = basecamp_instance

    def create(self):
        data = self.template % (self.name, self.description)
        url = "/projects/%s/todo_lists.xml" % self.basecamp.project_id
        response = self.basecamp.post(data, url)
        self.id = response.getheader("Location").split('/')[-1]

        return response

    def create_item(self, name, content=""):
        item = ListItem(parent=self, name=name, content=content)
        return item.create()


class ListItem(object):
    # "list" is a python keyword, avoid naming variables after that
    def __init__(self, parent, content, basecamp_instance):
        self.list = parent
        self.content = content

    def create(self):
        data = "<todo-item><content>%s</content></todo-item>" % self.content
        url = "/todo_lists/%s/todo_items.xml" % self.list.id
        response = self.parent.basecamp.post(data, url)

        return response


# making sure the connection runs only once
if __name__ == "__main__":
    basecamp = Basecamp(username="username",
                        password="password",
                        basecamp_url="basecamp_url",
                        project="123456")

    # again, let's avoid using the "list" keyword
    list1 = basecamp.create_list(
        name="Daily",
        description="It's my description",
    )

    for name in ["Testing", "Works?"]:
        list1.create_item(name)