Twisted Ping.fm Client

I just merged async (Twisted) support into the Python ping.fm library today and have just taken it for a test drive. I do love Twisted :-) The Twisted pyngfm API usage is identical to the synchronous API, with the usual exception of using deferreds and callbacks.

Here's some example usage, the client I now use for command-line updates to Twitter, Identi.ca, Tumblr, Facebook, LinkedIn, Jaiku, and even Flickr (note that the keys are stored in an .ini-style config file):

	#!/usr/bin/python
	import sys
	from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
	from twisted.internet import reactor
	from pyngfm.client import PingFMAsyncClient
	def checkMessage(message):
	if len(message) > 140:
	print "Message is too long! (%s chars)" % len(message)
	sys.exit(1)
	def getKeys():
	cred_file = "/etc/ping.fm.creds"
	config = SafeConfigParser()
	config.read([cred_file])
	api_key = config.get("default", "api-key")
	user_app_key = config.get("default", "user-app-key")
	return api_key, user_app_key
	def pingIt(message):
	def check_result(status):
	print status
	def check_error(error):
	print error.getErrorMessage()
	def finish(ignored):
	reactor.stop()
	pinger = PingFMAsyncClient(*getKeys())
	deferred = pinger.user_post("status", body=message)
	deferred.addErrback(check_error)
	deferred.addCallback(check_result)
	deferred.addErrback(check_error)
	deferred.addCallback(finish)
	if __name__ == "__main__":
	message = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
	checkMessage(message)
	pingIt(message)
	reactor.run()

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There's another example in the README that iterates through the recents posts made to ping.fm. If you do manage to use it and come across any issues, be sure to file a ticket.

Enjoy!