mpm.py

# This isn't perfect for high traffic sites, if you need something more production ready
# please tell us or stay tuned as we will open it up shortly.

import urllib
import urllib2
import base64
import simplejson

def track(event, properties=None):
    """
    A simple function for asynchronously logging to the mixpanel.com API.
    This function requires `curl` and Python version 2.4 or higher.

    @param event: The overall event/category you would like to log this data under
    @param properties: A dictionary of key-value pairs that describe the event
                       See http://mixpanel.com/api/ for further detail.
    @return str: The data from the response as a str
    """
    if properties == None:
        properties = {}
    token = "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"
    if "token" not in properties:
        properties["token"] = token

    params = {"event": event, "properties": properties}
    data = base64.b64encode(simplejson.dumps(params))
    request = "http://api.mixpanel.com/track/?data=" + data
    result = urllib2.urlopen(request, data)
    return result.read()
# Example usage:
track("invite-friends",
             {"method": "email", "number-friends": "12", "ip": "123.123.123.123"})