#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Written by Mayuresh at gmail dot com
#
# This program posts a blog URL to the Technorati ping server
import xmlrpclib
import socket
import sys
from optparse import OptionParser
TECHNORATI_RPC_PING_SERVER = 'http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping'
usage = """ %prog Blog_name Blog_URL
Example: %prog YourBlogName http://www.YOURWEBLOGURL.com/
"""
parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
if len(args) != 2:
parser.error("Invalid options")
print "Submitting the following blog info to %s" % TECHNORATI_RPC_PING_SERVER
print
print "Blog name: %s" % args[0]
print "Blog URL: %s" % args[1]
print
print "Waiting for server response ..."
print
reply = {}
try:
s = xmlrpclib.Server(TECHNORATI_RPC_PING_SERVER)
reply = s.weblogUpdates.ping(args[0], args[1])
except socket.error, msg:
reply['flerror'] = True
errCode, reply['message'] = msg
except xmlrpclib.ProtocolError, inst:
reply['flerror'] = True
reply['message'] = "Error [%s: %s] occured while accesing url %s" %(inst.errcode, inst.errmsg, inst.url)
except xmlrpclib.Fault, inst:
reply['flerror'] = True
reply['message'] = inst.faultString
except:
reply['flerror'] = True
reply['message'] = "Unknown error occured"
if reply['flerror']:
print "The server returned an error"
else:
print "The server returned success"
print
print "Message from the server: %s" % reply['message']
if reply['flerror']:
sys.exit(1)
else:
sys.exit()
