Mitter/mitterlib/network/networkbase.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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"""
.. moduleauthor:: Julio Biason <julio.biason@gmail.com>

The :mod:`networkbase` module defines the base classes for all networks.
"""

import logging

from mitterlib.constants import version

# logging
_log = logging.getLogger('mitterlib.network.Network')


def auth_options(namespace, options, auths):
    """Convert the auth fields into options for the command line."""
    for option in auths:
        options.add_option(group=namespace,
                option=option['name'],
                default=None,
                help=option['help'],
                *(option['flags']))

#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# Exceptions
#--------------------------------------------------------------------

class NetworkError(Exception):
    """Base class for all network related exceptions."""
    pass


class NetworkUnknownError(NetworkError):
    """Some non-expected error occurred."""
    pass


class NetworkLimitExceededError(NetworkError):
    """The number of requests available was exceeded."""
    pass


class NetworkDNSError(NetworkError):
    """A DNS failure prevented the request to continue."""
    pass


class NetworkInvalidResponseError(NetworkError):
    """The server returned the information in an unexpected way."""
    pass


class NetworkLowLevelError(NetworkError):
    """A low level error occurred in the network layer."""
    pass


class NetworkBadStatusLineError(NetworkError):
    """Bad status line exception."""
    pass


class NetworkAuthorizationFailError(NetworkError):
    """Authorization failure."""
    pass


class NetworkPermissionDeniedError(NetworkError):
    """Permission denied when accessing the message/list."""
    pass

#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# Warnings
#--------------------------------------------------------------------

class NetworkWarning(Warning):
    """Base warning for networks."""
    pass


class MessageTooLongWarning(NetworkWarning):
    """The message is too long for the network."""
    pass

#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# The classes
#--------------------------------------------------------------------

class NetworkUser(object):
    """Provides an uniform way to access information about users."""

    def __init__(self):
        self.name = ''
        """The name to be displayed as author of the message. *Required*"""

        self.username = ''
        """The message author username in the network. *Required*"""

        self.avatar = None
        """URL to the author avatar. *Optional*"""

    def __repr__(self):
        return "%s (%s)" % (self.name, self.username)


class NetworkData(object):
    """Provides an uniform way to access information about posts."""

    def __init__(self):
        self.id = ''
        """The message identification. *Optional*"""

        self.author = None
        """Author of the message. A :class:`NetworkUser` object.
        *Required*"""

        self.message = ''
        """The message. *Required*"""

        self.message_time = None
        """Message timestamp (as a datetime object). Defaults to None.
        *Optional*"""

        self.favorite = False
        """Boolean indicating if the message was marked as "favorite" or not.
        *Optional*"""

        self.parent = None
        """The parent of this message, in case of a reply. *Optional*"""

        self.parent_owner = None
        """Owner of the parent message (in other words, "in reply to".)
        It will be a :class:`NetworkUser` object.  *Optional*"""

        self.reposted_by = None
        """Author of the reposted message. A :class:`NetworkUser` object.

        Some networks will return the original
        user in a separate table (Twitter, in this case, returns the original
        message with the original user in a "retweeted_status" structure.) In
        this case, the network layer must return the original user in *author*
        while the friend will be in *reposted_by*. *Optional*"""

        self.protected = False
        """Boolean indicating if the message is protected/private or not."""

        self.deletable = False
        """Boolean indicating if the message can be deleted."""

        self.replyable = False
        """Boolean indicating if the message can be replied."""

        self.repostable = False
        """Boolean indicating if the message can be reposted."""

        self.favoritable = False
        """Boolean indicating if the message can be favorited."""

        self.link = None
        """Link to the original message."""

        self.reply_prefix = ''
        """Prefix to be used in messages when replying to this message."""

        self.network = ''
        """The network id source of the message. Network classes don't need to
        worry about this field themselves; :class:`Networks` will set it when
        merging information from all networks."""

        self.network_name = ''
        """The network name, source of the message. Again, network classes
        don't need to worry about this field themselves 'cause
        :class:`Networks` will set it when merging information from all
        networks."""

        return


class NetworkBase(object):
    """Base class for all networks."""
    _user_agent = 'Mitter %s' % (version)

    # TODO: We'll probably need a ICON attribute in the future.
    #: Namespace of the network, used to identify options.
    NAMESPACE = 'Meta'

    AUTH = []
    """List of fields the interface must request to the user in order to
    retrieve information from the network. It's a list of dictionaries,
    containing:

    *name*
      Name of the option, used in ConfigOpt (for the name in the
      config file and to access it through the options variable);

    *flags*
      The list of command line options for this option (as in
      OptParse);

    *prompt*
      The prompt to be used by interfaces when requesting the
      variable;

    *help*
      Description for the value; it's used by ConfigOpt to show the
      description of the paramater in the command line options and can be used
      by interfaces to show tooltips about the field;

    *type*
      The type of the option; valid values are:

        **str**
          A string;

        **passwd**
          Password; string, but interfaces should hide the information
          if possible.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        self.is_setup = False
        """Boolean indication if the network have all necessary options set up
        so it can retrieve the messages. :class:`Networks` will not send
        requests to networks that return False to this function."""

        self.user = NetworkUser()
        """A :class:`NetworkUser` with the information about the currently
        logged user."""

    def messages(self):
        """Return a list of :class:`NetworkData` objects for the main
        "timeline" (the default list presented to the user.)"""
        return []

    def update(self, status, reply_to=None):
        """Update the user status. *status* should be the string with the
        status update; *reply_to* should be used in case the message is a
        reply to another message, it could be a simple id or the
        :class:`NetworkData` object of the original data. Must return the id
        for the new status."""
        # TODO: All networks will return an id? If so, what we do with it
        # anyway?
        return None

    def repost(self, message):
        """Repost a message in your current timeline. *message* must be a
        valid :class:`NetworkData` object. Must return the id of the new
        message."""
        # TODO: All networks will return an id? If so, what we do with it
        # anyway?
        return None

    def favorite(self, message):
        """Toggle the favorite status of a message. *message* must be a valid
        :class:`NetworkData` object. Returns True if the request was
        successful or False otherwise."""
        # TODO: Again, if errors appear as exceptions, why return something?
        return False

    def delete_message(self, message):
        """Delete an update. Must return True if the message was deleted or
        False if not. *message* can be either an id or a :class:`NetworkData`
        object with the information about the message to be deleted."""
        return False

    def message(self, message_id):
        """Return a single :class:`NetworkData` object for a specified
        message."""
        return None

    def link(self, message):
        """Returns a link (as string) to the message in the network site. If
        the network doesn't provide a link directly to the message, None shall
        be returned.  *message* is a :class:`NetworkData` object."""
        return None

    def replies(self):
        """Return a list of :class:`NetworkData` objects for the replies for
        the user messages."""
        return []

    def available_requests(self):
        """Return the number of requests the user can request before being
        capped. If such limitation doesn't exist for the network, a negative
        number should be returned."""
        return -1