script using etherpad api

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Castro0o 6 years ago
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etherpad-api/api.key
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import urllib.request
import urllib.parse
import json
from datetime import datetime
# REQUIRES: Etherpad API KEY stored in api.key
with open('api.key', 'r') as apikey_f:
apikey = apikey_f.read()
pad_urlbase = "https://pad.xpub.nl/api/1/" # xpub pad
pad_urlmethods = {"get": "getText",
"set": "setText",
"authors": "listAuthorsOfPad"}
# see more methods in: https://etherpad.org/doc/v1.5.7/#index_http_api
def createurl(urlbase, urlmethods, method, pad, key, text=''):
# creates well formated urls
# to query/edit the etherpad
url_vars = {'apikey': key, 'padID': pad}
if len(text) > 0: # if no text is input
url_vars['text'] = text
url_vars_dict = urllib.parse.urlencode(url_vars)
url = "{base}{method}?{vars}".format(base=urlbase,
method=urlmethods[method],
vars=url_vars_dict)
return url
def padrequest(url):
# upon being invoked opens the url
# and loads the JSON response
# returning the text
request = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
request_read = request.read().decode('utf-8')
request_dict = json.loads(request_read) # response to JSON dictionary
return request_dict
# GET TEXT FROM PAD
# from foo pad https://pad.xpub.nl/p/foo
# by creating url:
url = createurl(urlbase=pad_urlbase,
urlmethods=pad_urlmethods,
method='get',
pad='foo',
key=apikey)
response = padrequest(url) # requesting url and get response
print('----> get request', '\n',
url, '\n',
response['data']['text'])
# ADD TEXT TO THE PAD
# to foo pad (https://pad.xpub.nl/p/foo)
now = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") # using current time
new_text = "this is now: " + now
# added old_text + new_text to
old_new_text = response['data']['text'] + '\n' + new_text
# by creating url: w/ set method and and text
url = createurl(urlbase=pad_urlbase,
urlmethods=pad_urlmethods,
method='set',
pad='foo',
key=apikey,
text=old_new_text)
# create a request
response = padrequest(url)
print('----> set URL', '\n', url)
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