usenet

nntp.py

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

import nntplib
import string
from email.parser import Parser


SERVER = "news.home.net.pl"
GROUP  = "pl.comp.lang.python"
PORT = 119
USER = "xxx"
PASSWORD = "xxx"

try:
    server = nntplib.NNTP(SERVER, PORT, USER, PASSWORD)
    # server welcome message
    print server.getwelcome()
    # group description
    print server.description(GROUP)
    # group data
    resp, count, first, last, name = server.group(GROUP)
    print "grpup: %s (%s)" % (name, count)
    # get one message
    print "first (%s):" % first
    resp, id, message_id, text = server.head(last)
    resp, id, message_id, text = server.article(id)
    message = Parser().parsestr(string.join(text, "\n"))
    print "body: %s" % message.get_payload()

    # last 10 articles
    resp, items = server.xover(str(int(last)-10), last)
    for id, subject, author, date, message_id, references, size, lines in items:
        print "msg_id: %s subject: %s, author: %s" % (id, subject, author)
        resp, id, message_id, text = server.article(id)
        message = Parser().parsestr(string.join(text, "\n"))
        print "body: %s" % message.get_payload()


except NNTPError, e:
    print e.message