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+++ b/blogme.py	Sat Sep 12 16:06:57 2009 -0400
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import optparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import urllib2
+
+# global variables
+
+EDITOR='emacs -nw'
+SERVER='http://bitsyblog.biz'
+dotfile='.blogme'
+
+parser = optparse.OptionParser()
+parser.add_option('-s', '--server', default=SERVER)
+parser.add_option('-u', '--user')
+parser.add_option('-p', '--password')
+parser.add_option('--private', action='store_true', default=False)
+parser.add_option('--secret', action='store_true', default=False)
+
+options, args = parser.parse_args()
+
+if options.private and options.secret:
+    print "post can't be secret and private!"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# parse dotfile
+
+home = os.environ.get('HOME')
+if home:
+    dotfile = os.path.join(home, dotfile)
+    if os.path.exists(dotfile):
+        prefs = file(dotfile).read().split('\n')
+        prefs = [ i for i in prefs if i.strip() ]
+        prefs = [ [ j.strip() for j in i.split(':', 1) ] for i in prefs
+                  if ':' in i] # probably not necessary
+        prefs = dict(prefs)
+    else:
+        prefs = {}
+
+# determine user name and password
+fields = [ 'user', 'password' ]
+for field in fields:
+    globals()[field] = prefs.get(field)
+
+    optval = getattr(options, field)
+    if optval:
+        password = None # needed to ensure prompting for pw from command line
+        globals()[field] = optval
+
+    if globals()[field] is None:
+        globals()[field] = raw_input('%s: ' % field)
+assert user is not None
+assert password is not None
+
+# write the dotfile if it doesn't exist
+if not os.path.exists(dotfile):
+    preffile = file(dotfile, 'w')
+    print >> preffile, 'user: %s' % user
+    print >> preffile, 'password: %s' % password
+    preffile.close()
+    os.chmod(dotfile, 0600)
+        
+def tmpbuffer(editor=EDITOR):
+    """open an editor and retreive the resulting editted buffer"""
+    tmpfile = tempfile.mktemp(suffix='.txt')
+    cmdline = editor.split()
+    cmdline.append(tmpfile)
+    edit = subprocess.call(cmdline)
+    buffer = file(tmpfile).read().strip()
+    os.remove(tmpfile)
+    return buffer
+
+# get the blog
+
+if args:
+    msg = ' '.join(args)
+else:
+    msg = tmpbuffer()
+
+# open the url
+
+url = '/'.join((options.server, user))
+url += '?auth=digest' # specify authentication method
+
+if options.private:
+    url += '&privacy=private'
+if options.secret:
+    url += '&privacy=secret'
+
+authhandler = urllib2.HTTPDigestAuthHandler()
+authhandler.add_password('bitsyblog', url, user, password)
+opener = urllib2.build_opener(authhandler)
+urllib2.install_opener(opener)
+
+try:
+    url = urllib2.urlopen(url, data=msg)
+    print url.url # print the blog post's url
+except urllib2.HTTPError:
+    pass