designer-news

Python client library for the Designer News API. Inspired by the official NodeJS client library by LayerVault.

Install

Using Github:

git clone git@github.com:jpadilla/designer-news-python.git

Using pip:

pip install designer-news

Using easy_install:

easy_install designer-news

Usage

You can make authenticated requests in two ways.

Username and Password

from designer_news import DesignerNews


designer_news = DesignerNews(client_id, client_secret)
designer_news.authenticate(username, password)
designer_news.me()

Access Token

The suggested way for authenticating users in your web applications is to use OAuth2. This library does not include an oAuth2 client. Read more.

from designer_news import DesignerNews


designer_news = DesignerNews(client_id, client_secret, access_token)
designer_news.me()

Available methods

User

designer_news.me()

Stories

designer_news.stories.get(story_id)
designer_news.stories.front_page({'page': 1})
designer_news.stories.recent({'page': 1})
designer_news.stories.search(search_term')
designer_news.stories.upvote(story_id)
designer_news.stories.reply(story_id, comment_message)

Comments

designer_news.comments.get(comment_id)
designer_news.comments.upvote(comment_id)
designer_news.comments.reply(comment_id, comment_message)

MOTD

designer_news.motd()
designer_news.motd.upvote()
designer_news.motd.downvote()

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 José Padilla

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.