Open Google Reader's Starred items in browser

open-starred-n-unstar-em.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import gdata.service
import subprocess
import getpass
import urllib
import re
import os
import ConfigParser
from optparse import OptionParser
from gdata.service import BadAuthentication

URL = '/reader/atom/user/-/state/com.google/starred'
SERVICE = gdata.service.GDataService(account_type='GOOGLE',
                                     service='reader',
                                     server='www.google.com',
                                     source='MyReader')
CONFIG_FILE = os.path.expanduser('~/.gstar-reader')
CONFIG = {'email':'', 'password':''}

def unstar(entry, token):
    i = entry.id.text
    s = entry.source.extension_attributes['{http://www.google.com/schemas/reader/atom/}stream-id']
    ret = SERVICE.Post(urllib.urlencode({
        'i':i,
        'r':'user/-/state/com.google/starred',
        's':s,
        'T':token
        }),
        '/reader/api/0/edit-tag',
        converter = lambda x:x,
        extra_headers = {'Content-Type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'})
    print "Unstar result: %s [id: %s]" % (ret, i)
    if ret == "OK":
        return 1
    else:
        return 0

def get_continuation(feed):
    pattern = re.compile(r"""ns2:continuation>(.*)<¥/ns2:continuation""", re.M)
    result = pattern.search(feed.ToString())
    if result:
        return result.group(1)
    else:
        return False

def init_config():
    if not os.path.exists(CONFIG_FILE):
        print """Config file not found
Please create a file ‾/.gstar-reader with the following contents
[base]
email:[email protected]
password:password"""
        sys.exit()

    parser = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
    parser.read(CONFIG_FILE)
    CONFIG['email'] = parser.get('base', 'email')
    CONFIG['password'] = parser.get('base', 'password')

def prompt():
    CONFIG['email'] = raw_input('Enter your email for Google Reader: ')
    CONFIG['password'] = getpass.getpass('Enter your password for Google Reader: ')

def open_in_browser(url):
    # open in Chrome
    result = subprocess.call(["open", "-a", "Google Chrome", url])
    if result != 0:
        print "Error opening the item"
    return result

def login():
    try:
      SERVICE.ClientLogin(CONFIG['email'], CONFIG['password'])
    except BadAuthentication:
      print "Wrong password!"
      sys.exit()
    # authenticated token
    return SERVICE.Get('/reader/api/0/token',converter=lambda x:x)

# collect starred items
def starred():
    # n = number of items to read per query, default is 20
    params = {}
    entries = []

    while True:
        query = gdata.service.Query(feed=URL, params=params)
        feed = SERVICE.Get(query.ToUri())
        cont = get_continuation(feed)
        entries.extend(feed.entry)
        if cont:
            params['c'] = cont
        else:
            break
    print '*' * len(entries)
    return entries

# process starred items
def process_starred(token, entries, options):
    total = len(entries)
    cleared = 0

    for entry in entries:
        url = entry.GetHtmlLink().href
        print entry.title.text
        print url
        if options.b != True:
            result = open_in_browser(url)
        else:
            # -b is set, always return 0
            result = 0

        if options.s != True and result == 0:
            # now unstar it
            cleared += unstar(entry, token)
        print "==============================================================="

    return (total, cleared)

def main(options):
    if options.p:
        prompt()
    else: 
        init_config()

    token = login()

    entries = starred()

    (total, cleared) = process_starred(token, entries, options)

    print "%d starred item(s) found and %d cleared" % (total, cleared)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = OptionParser()
    parser.add_option("-s", action="store_true", default=False, 
            help="not to clear stars")
    parser.add_option("-b", action="store_true", default=False,
            help="not to open in browser")
    parser.add_option("-p", action="store_true", default=False,
            help="prompt email and password")
    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
    main(options)