def verify_key(self):
try:
return fetch_url('http://rest.akismet.com/1.1/verify-key', {
'key': self.api_key,
'blog': self.blog_url
}, 'POST') == 'valid'
except:
return False
def _make_call(self, action, comment, ip, author='', email='', user_agent=''):
return fetch_url('http://%s.rest.akismet.com/1.1/%s' % (self.api_key, action), {
'comment_content': comment,
'comment_type': 'comment',
'comment_author': author,
'comment_author_email': email,
'user_agent': user_agent,
'user_ip': ip,
'blog': self.blog_url
}, 'POST')