tentapp 0.1.0dev6 (experimental)

Python client/app library for the Tent protocol (https://tent.io)

Current Status

We're in the "move fast and break things" phase right now.

What works: * Discovery of the tent server's API root using link headers * Registering an app with the server and requesting permissions using OAuth * Auth keys are saved to a local config file for use next time * API methods (both public ones and auth-requiring ones)

It should be possible to register a notification URL using this code, but since it's not necessarily running a webserver it won't be able to be notified of incoming posts. In that case it can poll for new updates.

What needs attention: * Some API methods have not been written yet. Most of them should be quick to write by starting with copies of the methods that are already done. * Write tests * Error handling. Should add a few exception types and also pay closer attention to errors from the requests module. * Documentation * Find elegant ways to deal with the JSON we get back from the Tent server. Maybe add some classes representing posts, profiles, etc. * Package this up as a real Python module that can be installed in the usual way

Dependencies

• [requests](http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/#)

Installation of dependencies:

``` # get requests using pip pip install requests

# you might already have an old version of requests that's missing the link headers feature. If so: pip install --update requests ```

Quick Start

Run example.py and it will launch your browser, have the Tent server ask you to approve the app, and then post a hello world message. The OAuth process is awkward when run from a command line, so read the prompt when it asks you to copy and paste things from your browser. You only have to do this once; after that your auth details are saved in 'auth.cfg' and reused in future runs.

example_dashboard.py will get your latest posts and followings' posts and print them to the shell.

Here's a quick overview:

``` import tentapp tentapp.debug = False # Turn this on if you want to see verbose debugging info while # the app is running. Defaults to False.

# "entity" is the Tent version of a username. It's a full URL. entityUrl = 'https://pythonclienttest.tent.is' app = tentapp.TentApp(entityUrl)

# Get your profile info as a JSON-style Python dictionary print app.getProfile()

# Send the user to their tent server to approve this app # and save the resulting keys in a local file app.authorizeFromCommandLine('keystore.js')

# Post a new post. For now you need to supply the JSON dictionary yourself. app.putPost(yourPostJsonHere) ```

You'll need to work directly with the JSON types described here: http://tent.io/docs/app-server