snsapi 0.8.1

Step 1.

Register user and developer on Twitter. Apply for application keys and access tokens.

Step 2.

Save the following codes to mytest.py in the root dir of this project:

from snscli import *
nc = new_channel('TwitterStatus')
nc['app_key'] = 'Your Consumer Key from dev.twitter.com'
nc['app_secret'] = 'Your Consumer Secret from dev.twitter.com'
nc['access_key'] = 'Your Access Token from dev.twitter.com'
nc['access_secret'] = 'Your Access Token Secret from dev.twitter.com'
add_channel(nc)
print home_timeline()

Filling your app credentials in the above script: app_key, app_secret, access_key, access_key.

Step 3.

Try it by python mytest.py. You will see your home timeline from twitter.

Remarks

SNSApi unifies the interfaces of all SNS such that retrieving new messages from all other platforms are the same:

• Create a new channel configuration and add_channel it.

• Invoke a single home_timeline() to obtain an aggregated timeline from all channels in a batch.

Step 1.

Configure a channel.json file with two channels:

• One is called “myrenren” and it interfaces with Renren (an OSN in China).

• The other is called “mysqlite” and it interfaces with a SQLite3 DB.

See one example channel.json configuration.

Step 2.

Save the following codes to backup.py in the root dir of this project:

from snsapi.snspocket import SNSPocket
sp = SNSPocket()
sp.load_config()
sp.auth()

ml = sp['myrenren'].home_timeline()
for m in ml:
    sp['mysqlite'].update(m)

Step 3.

Try it by python backup.py. Now your timeline of Renren (latest 20 messages by default) is backed up to the SQLite DB. You can run this script on a regular basis to backup data from all kinds of SNS.

Remarks

SNSApi unifies the data structures of all SNS so as to enable flexible/ programmable inter-operation between those services:

• Backup one message in SQLite is just “update a status” there.

• In order to read those messages, just invoke home_timeline of your SQLite channel.

• The data in SQLite DB are ready for further analysis. For example, I remember someone said that “snsapi is awesome”. Who posted it? I can not recall. Now, enter sqlite and use one line of command to get the answer: select * from message where text like '%snsapi%';.

• You can also use EMail or RSS to distribute your statuses and follow the updates of your friends.

• When there are new platforms, it’s just one configuration away to use them. The intervention from app developer is not needed.