#!/usr/bin/python """tbclient.py: A command-line trackback client. If you're running Linux, change the path above to point to your Python installation. Then you can run it ./tbclient.py -tburl foo -title bar, etc. Otherwise run it python tblcient.py -tburl foo -title bar. """ __author__ = "Matt Croydon " __copyright__ = "Copyright 2003, Matt Croydon" __license__ = "GPL" __version__ = "0.0.2" __history__ = """ 0.0.2: 1/30/03 - It works! Unleashing, er, releasing to the public. 0.0.1: 1/30/03 - Initial version, dealing with command line args, learning. """ import sys, tblib def usage(): print """Usage: tblib Valid arguments: -tburl foo: ping the trackback url foo -title foo: title of your trackback or weblog post -excerpt foo: Uses foo as the excerpt to be posted to the trackback -url foo: The url to point to (usually the url of the post in which you ref the trackback) -blogname foo: The name of your weblog""" if len(sys.argv) == 1: usage() else: tb = tblib.TrackBack() print "Trackback command line client here. Preparing TrackBack..." for x in range(len(sys.argv)): if sys.argv[x] == "-tburl": print "TrackBack URL: " + sys.argv[x+1] tb.tbUrl = sys.argv[x+1] if sys.argv[x] == "-title": print "TrackBack Title: " + sys.argv[x+1] tb.title = sys.argv[x+1] if sys.argv[x] == "-excerpt": print "TrackBack Excerpt: " + sys.argv[x+1] tb.excerpt = sys.argv[x+1] if sys.argv[x] == "-url": print "Your URL: " + sys.argv[x+1] tb.url = sys.argv[x+1] if sys.argv[x] == "-blogname": print "Your Weblog Name: " + sys.argv[x+1] tb.blog_name = sys.argv[x+1] if tb.tbUrl: tb.ping() print "Pinging " + tb.tbUrl + "..." print "HTTP Response: " + str(tb.httpResponse) + " " + tb.httpReason if int(tb.tbErrorCode) == 0: print "TrackBack Error Code is: " + tb.tbErrorCode + " (zero is okay)" if int(tb.tbErrorCode) == 1: print "TrackBack Error Code is: " + tb.tbErrorCode print "Error Message: " + tb.tbErrorMessage print "Done!"