Convert linkedin profile viewers to RSS.

linkedin_viewers_rss.py

import cgi
import getpass
import mechanize
import json
import SimpleHTTPServer
import SocketServer
import uuid


_entries = []
_pass = getpass.getpass()


def entries():
    global _entries
    viewers = viewers_json(viewers_html())
    headlines = [cgi.escape(viewer_headline(viewer)) for viewer in viewers]
    current = [e["title"] for e in _entries]
    for headline in reversed(headlines):
        if headline not in current:
            entry = {"title": headline, "guid": str(uuid.uuid4())}
            _entries.insert(0, entry)
    _entries = _entries[:5]
    return _entries


def viewers_html():
    br = mechanize.Browser()
    br.set_handle_robots(False)
    br.open("http://www.linkedin.com")
    br.select_form(name="login")
    br["session_key"] = "[email protected]"
    br["session_password"] = _pass
    br.submit()
    return br.open("http://www.linkedin.com/wvmx/profile").read()


def viewers_json(html):
    start = '{"content'
    data = start + html.split(start, 1)[1].split("--></code>", 1)[0]
    parts = data.split(",")
    u = ":\u"
    for i, part in enumerate(parts):
        if u in part:
            parts[i] = part.split(u, 1)[0] + ':""'
    data = json.loads(",".join(parts))
    return data["content"]["Base"]["wvmx_mirror_viewers"]["WVMXViewers"]


def viewer_headline(viewer):
    name = viewer["fmt__full_name"]
    location = viewer["fmt__location"]
    try:
        return "%s, %s, %s" % (name, viewer["headline"], location)
    except KeyError:
        return viewer.get("obfuscationString", "Anonymous")


class RequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-type", "text/xml")
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write("<feed xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\">")
        self.wfile.write("<title>LinkedIn Profile Viewers</title>")
        for entry in entries():
            s = "<entry><title>%(title)s</title><guid>%(guid)s</guid></entry>"
            self.wfile.write(s % entry)
        self.wfile.write("</feed>")
        return


server = SocketServer.TCPServer(("127.0.0.1", 7050), RequestHandler)
server.serve_forever()