#!/usr/bin/env python2 # nudge.py --channel="nudges|ahelps" --id="Server ID" --key="access key" Message! More message! import sys, pickle, socket, HTMLParser, argparse def pack(host, port, key, server_id, channel, message): ht = HTMLParser.HTMLParser() data = {} data['key'] = key data['id'] = server_id data['channel'] = channel try: d = [] for in_data in message: # The rest of the arguments is data d += [ht.unescape(in_data)] data['data'] = ' '.join(d) # Buffer overflow prevention. if len(data['data']) > 400: data['data'] = data['data'][:400] except: data['data'] = "NO DATA SPECIFIED" pickled = pickle.dumps(data) nudge(host, port, pickled) def nudge(hostname, port, data): s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.connect((hostname, port)) s.send(data) s.close() if __name__ == "__main__" and len(sys.argv) > 1: # If not imported and more than one argument argp = argparse.ArgumentParser() argp.add_argument('message', nargs='*', type=str, help='String to send to the server.') argp.add_argument('--host', dest='hostname', default='localhost', help='Hostname expecting a nudge.') argp.add_argument('--port', dest='port', type=int, default=45678, help='Port expecting a nudge.') argp.add_argument('--channel', dest='channel', default='nudges', help='Channel flag to direct this message to.') argp.add_argument('--id', dest='server_id', default='', help='String identifying the server.') argp.add_argument('--key', dest='key', default='', help='Access key of the bot or receiving script.') args = argp.parse_args() pack(args.hostname, args.port, args.key, args.server_id, args.channel, args.message)