def test_send_dm(self):
user = '******'
message = 'unittest message. '
# Adding some random characters so twitter doesn't complain about
# duplicate messages
for _ in range(5):
message += random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits)
self.assertTrue(twitter.send_dm(user, message))
def do_deferred_job():
'''Attempts to run a job in the queue. Returns True if a job is found.'''
message_to_send = database.pop_message_to_send()
if not message_to_send:
return False
# If it's been more then 5 minutes, throw away the job
if time() > message_to_send.time + (5 * 60):
logging.error(
"Timing out DM to %s. dm.time: %s, current time: %s. Message: %s" \
% (message_to_send.user, message_to_send.time, time(),
message_to_send.message))
return True
# Job is still valid. Run it!
if twitter.send_dm(message_to_send.user, message_to_send.message):
logging.info('sent DM to user: %s' % message_to_send.user)
else:
logging.warn('DM to user %s failed' % message_to_send.user)
# We couldn't finish the job - push it back into the queue
database.push_message_to_send(message_to_send)
