def post(self):
"""Handle the POST method
"""
path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'index.html')
try:
username = escape(self.request.get('username'))
password = escape(self.request.get('password'))
logging.info("Handling request for %s" % username)
t = Twitter(username, password)
friends = set([f['screen_name'] for f in t.get_friends()])
followers = set([f['screen_name'] for f in t.get_followers()])
to_follow = followers.difference(friends)
try:
for user in to_follow:
try:
t.friendship_create(user, True)
logging.info("%s now follows %s" % (username, user))
except DownloadError:
logging.warning("Download error when %s tried to follow %s" % (username, user))
raise
self.response.out.write(template.render(path, {"success": True}))
except Exception, e:
logging.warning("Caught an exception %s when %s tried to follow %s: %s" % (e, username, user))
raise
except DeadlineExceededError:
self.response.out.write(template.render(path, {"error": True}))
