A Python client API to consume Yahoo! Meme’s webservices on YQL.

Download the source code here on Github, unzip/untar the archive, go to the extracted directory and type in the command line:

$ sudo python setup.py install

You can also install from PyPI typing:

$ sudo easy_install meme-py

Check it out some simple and cool examples (for more please check examples.py file):

  from meme import Meme
  Meme.Posts.popular()

  from meme import Meme
  posts = Meme.Posts.search('meme rocks')
  print '---------- Results for "meme rocks" ----------'
  for post in posts:
      print 'Content: %s' % post.content
      print 'Caption: %s' % post.caption
      print '----------------------------------------------'

Make sure to check these cool Meme search tips!

  from meme import Meme
  meme = Meme.get(name='guilherme_chapiewski')
  print '========== guilherme_chapiewski Meme =========='
  print meme.title
  print meme.description 
  print meme.url

  from meme import Meme
  meme = Meme.get(name='john')
  print meme.following(count=20) # people that "john" is following
  print meme.followers(count=20) # people that follows "john"

Go to the Issues section and please provide as much detail as you can in order to help us solve the problem.

This API is on an early stage of development and contributors are very welcome :) Go ahead and fork the project here on Github! I’ll be happy to integrate your updates later, just “request pull” when you are done.

If you have further questions, just drop me a message at guilherme dot chapiewski at gmail dot com, on Meme (/guilherme_chapiewski) or on Twitter (@gchapiewski).

• Matheus Mendes (@bigodines)
• Hugo Lopes Tavares (@hltbra)

Meme (http://meme.yahoo.com) is a light-blogging tool – which means that it is not as small and simple as Twitter (micro-blogging) and not as big and full-featured as Wordpress (standard blogging) – created by Yahoo! in Brazil.

For more information about Yahoo! Meme please go to:

• Meme’s Meme (Meme news and general community updates)
• Meme API’s Meme (Meme news about API improvements)
• About Yahoo! Meme
• Meme API Guide