gap_finder.py

# Hey tripit, tell me what dates I have accommodation booked so I know the trip's covered
from pytripit import tripit

consumer_key = '---'
consumer_secret = '---'
authorized_token_key = '---'
authorized_token_secret = '---'

oauth_credential = tripit.OAuthConsumerCredential(consumer_key, consumer_secret, authorized_token_key, authorized_token_secret)

t = tripit.TripIt(oauth_credential)

import memcache
mc = memcache.Client(['127.0.0.1:11211'], debug=0)
result = mc.get('trip')
if not result:
    t.list_object({'trip_id':'---'})
    result = t.response
mc.set('trip', result, 600)
from lxml import etree
root = etree.fromstring(result)
lodging = root.findall('LodgingObject')
print sorted([(l.findall('StartDateTime/date')[0].text, l.findall('EndDateTime/date')[0].text) for l in lodging if l.findall('StartDateTime')])