def post_hit(hit_id):
global twitter_handler
if not twitter_handler:
twitter_handler = TwitterHandler()
if twitter_handler.post_hit(get_hit(hit_id)):
set_hit_status(hit_id, HIT_STATUS_POSTED)
# keep track of most recent post:
cursor = hitsdb.cursor()
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO hitinfo VALUES (?)", (str(time.time()), ))
hitsdb.commit()
return True
else:
set_hit_status(hit_id, HIT_STATUS_FAILED)
return False
def _fetch_hit_tweets(hit):
"""
attempts to fetch tweets in hit.
if successful builds up more detailed hit object.
returns the input hit unchaged on failure
"""
global twitter_handler
if not twitter_handler:
twitter_handler = TwitterHandler()
t1 = twitter_handler.fetch_tweet(hit['tweet_one']['tweet_id'])
t2 = twitter_handler.fetch_tweet(hit['tweet_two']['tweet_id'])
if t1 and t2:
hit['tweet_one']['fetched'] = _cleaned_tweet(t1)
hit['tweet_two']['fetched'] = _cleaned_tweet(t2)
return hit
