Script to post the weekly blog post

[iron-blogger] / weekly-update.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+import render
+import os
+import sys
+import xmlrpclib
+import subprocess
+
+XMLRPC_ENDPOINT = 'http://iron-blogger.mit.edu/xmlrpc.php'
+USER            = 'nelhage'
+BLOG_ID         = 1
+
+try:
+    subprocess.call(['stty', '-echo'])
+    passwd = raw_input("Password for %s: " % (USER,))
+    print
+finally:
+    subprocess.call(['stty', 'echo'])
+
+x = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(XMLRPC_ENDPOINT)
+
+text = render.render_template('templates/week.tmpl', sys.argv[1])
+
+lines = text.split("\n")
+title = lines[0]
+body  = "\n".join(lines[1:])
+
+page = dict(title = title,
+            description = body)
+
+x.metaWeblog.newPost(BLOG_ID, USER, passwd, page, True)