A command-line client for talking to Tent servers such as tent.is.
This only speaks Tent protocol v0.1.
We're in the "move fast and break things" phase right now.
What works:
- Discovery of the tent server's API root using link headers
- Registering an app with the server and requesting permissions using OAuth
- Auth keys are saved to a local config file for use next time
- API methods (both public ones and auth-requiring ones)
It should be possible to register a notification URL using this code, but since it's not necessarily running a webserver it won't be able to be notified of incoming posts. In that case it can poll for new updates.
What needs attention:
- Some API methods have not been written yet. Most of them should be quick to write by starting with copies of the methods that are already done.
- Write tests
- Error handling. Should add a few exception types and also pay closer attention to errors from the
requests
module. - Documentation
- Find elegant ways to deal with the JSON we get back from the Tent server. Maybe add some classes representing posts, profiles, etc.
- Package this up as a real Python module that can be installed in the usual way
Installation of dependencies:
# get requests using pip
pip install requests
# you might already have an old version of requests that's missing the link headers feature. If so:
pip install --update requests
Run example.py
and it will launch your browser, have the Tent server ask you to approve the app, and then post a hello world message. The OAuth process is awkward when run from a command line, so read the prompt when it asks you to copy and paste things from your browser. You only have to do this once; after that your auth details are saved in 'auth.cfg' and reused in future runs.
example_dashboard.py
will get your latest posts and followings' posts and print them to the shell.
Here's a quick overview:
import tentapp
tentapp.debug = False # Turn this on if you want to see verbose debugging info while
# the app is running. Defaults to False.
# "entity" is the Tent version of a username. It's a full URL.
entityUrl = 'https://pythonclienttest.tent.is'
app = tentapp.TentApp(entityUrl)
# Get your profile info as a JSON-style Python dictionary
print app.getProfile()
# Send the user to their tent server to approve this app
# and save the resulting keys in a local file
app.authorizeFromCommandLine('keystore.js')
# Post a new post. For now you need to supply the JSON dictionary yourself.
app.putPost(yourPostJsonHere)
You'll need to work directly with the JSON types described here: http://tent.io/docs/app-server