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Disqus API Client in Python
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This code snippet originated from the Disqus API tutorial. It is a simple Disqus API Client written in Python
What you'll need
The Code
import urllib
import simplejson
BASE_PATH = 'http://disqus.com/api/'
DEBUG = True
class DisqusError(Exception):
def __init__(self, code, message):
self.code, self.message = code, message
def __str__(self):
return 'DisqusError %s: %s' % (self.code, self.message)
class DisqusAPIClient():
def __init__(self):
"""instantiate"""
def __getattr__(self, method):
def method(_self=self, _method=method, **params):
url = "%s%s/?&%s" % (BASE_PATH, _method, urllib.urlencode(params))
if DEBUG: print url
data = self.fetch(url)
return data
return method
def fetch(self, url):
data = simplejson.load(urllib.urlopen(url))
if data.get("code", "") != "ok":
raise DisqusError(data["code"], data["message"])
return data['message']
def __repr__(self):
return "<DisqusClient: %s>" % self.method
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