Mitter/mitterlib/network/networkbase.py

#!/usr/bin/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 NetworkData(object):
    """Provides an uniform way to access information about posts. The
    following fields should appear:

    **id**
       The message identification.

    **name**
       The name to be displayed as author of the message.

    **username**
       The message author username in the network.

    **avatar**
       URL to the author avatar.

    **message**
       The message.

    **message_time**
       Message timestamp (as a datetime object). Defaults to None.

    **parent**
       The parent of this message, in case of a reply.

    **reposted_by**
       Username friend of the current user that reposted that message. 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
       will must return the original user in *name*, *username* and *avatar*,
       while the friend username will be moved to *reposted_by*.

    **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.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        self.id = ''
        self.name = ''
        self.username = ''
        self.avatar = ''
        self.message = ''
        self.message_time = None
        self.parent = ''
        self.reposted_by = ''
        self.network = ''


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 is_setup(self):
        """Should return a boolean indicating if the network have all
        necessary options set up so it can retrieve information.
        :class:`Networks` won't send requests to networks that return False to
        this function."""
        return False

    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 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 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

    def can_delete(self, message):
        """Return True if the message can be deleted; False otherwise."""
        return False

    def can_reply(self, message):
        """Return True if the message can be replied; False otherwise."""
        return False

    def can_repost(self, message):
        """Return True if the message can be resposted; False otherwise."""
        return False