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Code library for Python

Download and installation

This library is released under the BSD license.

Requirements:

• Python 2.5
• pycurl
• jsonlib
• oauth2, if you want to use OAuth authentication.

Download:

• Version 1.1beta1 zip | tar.gz

Installation: run python setup.py install.

Tutorial

There are many files in the test/ subdirectory, which can be used as a tutorial. They are very simple and well documented. We'll run through test/thing.py as an example.

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
"""
 * likeorhate.com
 * Copyright (c) 2008-2010 likeorhate.com
 * 
 * Released under BSD license.
"""
 
import likeorhate.likeorhate, likeorhate.thing
 
# get the base singleton. We can use it to set some basic data
loh = likeorhate.likeorhate.LikeOrHate()
 
# Use the sandbox server. We can mess it as much as we want, so it's great for
# debugging. Use "production" when your application is deployed.
loh.setServer('sandbox')
 
# construct the thing
thing = likeorhate.thing.Thing(0, 'likeorhate.com')
 
# get basic information
base = thing.getBase()
if base['status']:
	print 'Base: '
	print base
else:
	print "Error getting base.\n"
 
# get extended information
information = thing.getInformation()
if information['status']:
	print 'information: '
	print information
else:
	print "Error getting information.\n"
 
# get 5 comments, starting at 0,
comments = thing.getComments(0, 5)
if comments['status']:
	print 'comments: '
	print comments
else:
	print "Error getting comments.\n"
 
# get trackback information
trackback = thing.getTrackback(0, 5)
if trackback['status']:
	print 'Trackback: '
	print trackback
else:
	print "Error getting trackback.\n"
 

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