def main():
'''
app entry point
'''
# gets a twitter object
tw = Twitter(TWITTER['CONSUMER_KEY'], TWITTER['CONSUMER_SECRET'], \
TWITTER['ACCESS_TOKEN'], TWITTER['ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET'])
# gets a bitly object
bl = Bitly(BITLY['USER'], BITLY['APIKEY'])
# tries to load the history from the file. If an exception is raised,
# istantiates an empty dictionary object
try:
with open(HISTORY_FILE, 'rb') as history_file:
history = pickle.load(history_file)
except:
history = dict()
# cycles through the RSSs defined in settings
for rsskey, rssvalue in RSS.iteritems():
# gets a feed object
fd = Feeds(rssvalue['RSS'])
# tries to load last timestamp. If an exception is raised,
# initializes it with the init value defined in settings
try:
last_timestamp = history[rsskey]
except:
last_timestamp = (rssvalue['HISTORY'])['INIT_VALUE']
history[rsskey] = last_timestamp
# gets the updated feeds
entries = fd.get_updated_feeds(rssvalue['HISTORY'], last_timestamp)
# cycles through the feeds, tweetin them
for feed in entries:
link = bl.shorten_url(getattr(feed, rssvalue['LINK']))
tweet = getattr(feed, rssvalue['TEXT'])
length = TWITTER['TWEET_LENGTH'] - len(rssvalue['HASHTAG']) \
- len(link) - 10
tweet = rssvalue['HASHTAG'] + ' ' + tw.truncate(tweet, length) \
+ ' ' + link
tw.update_status(tweet, DEBUG)
# updates the last timestamp
history[rsskey] = fd.get_last_timestamp()
# saves the history
with open(HISTORY_FILE, 'wb') as history_file:
pickle.dump(history, history_file)
sys.exit(0)
