tiny.py (See related posts)

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""Converts long URLs to tiny URLs, with either tinyurl, urltea, or a custom url."""

__author__="Andrew Pennebaker (andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com)"
__date__="22 Jun 2007 - 24 Jun 2007"
__copyright__="Copyright 2007 Andrew Pennebaker"
__license__="GPL"
__version__="0.0.1"
__URL__="http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4195"
__credits__="http://lateral.netmanagers.com.ar/weblog/2007/04/08.html#BB548"

import sys, getopt, urllib

import configreader

def tiny(url, settings):
	try:
		encodedurl=settings["posting url"]+urllib.urlencode({"url":url})
		instream=urllib.urlopen(encodedurl)
		tinyurl=instream.read()
		instream.close()

		if len(tinyurl)==0:
			return url

		if settings["service"]=="urltea" and len(settings["description"])>0:
				tinyurl+=settings["description delimeter"]+settings["description"]

		return tinyurl
	except IOError, e:
		raise "Could not connect."

def usage():
	print "Usage: %s [options] <url1> <url2> <url3> ..." % (sys.argv[0])
	print "\nDefaults to urlTea unless specified in options or a config file."
	print "\n-s|--service [tinyurl|urltea]"
	print "-u|--custom-url <posting url>"
	print "-d|--description <comment> May only be used with urltea."
	print "-c|--config <configfile>"
	print "-h|--help (usage)"

	sys.exit()

def main():
	systemArgs=sys.argv[1:]
	oplist, args=[], []

	settings={
		"config":"tiny.conf",
		"service":"urltea",
		"urltea url":"http://urltea.com/api/text/?url=",
		"tinyurl url":"http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?",
		"description delimeter":"?",
		"description":""
	}

	try:
		optlist, args=getopt.getopt(systemArgs, "s:u:d:c:h", ["service=", "custom-url=", "description=", "config=", "help"])
	except:
		usage()

	for option, value in optlist:
		if option=="-c" or option=="--config":
			settings["config"]=value

	try:
		configreader.load(open(settings["config"], "r"), settings)
	except IOError, e:
		pass

	for option, value in optlist:
		if option=="-h" or option=="--help":
			usage()
		elif option=="-s" or option=="--service":
			settings["service"]=value
		elif option=="-d" or option=="--description":
			settings["description"]=value

	if settings["service"]!="urltea" and len(settings["description"])>0:
		usage()

	try:
		settings["posting url"]=settings[settings["service"]+" url"]
	except:
		usage()

	for option, value in optlist:
		if option=="-u" or option=="--custom-url":
			settings["posting url"]=value

	if len(args)<1:
		usage()

	for u in args:
		print tiny(u, settings)

if __name__=="__main__":
	try:
		main()
	except KeyboardInterrupt, e:
		pass