#!/usr/bin/python import pygtk pygtk.require('2.0') import gtk import requests import webbrowser try: import appindicator except ImportError: import appindicator_replacement as appindicator class HackerNewsApp: def __init__(self): self.ind = appindicator.Indicator ("Hacker Tray", "hacker-tray", appindicator.CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS) self.ind.set_status (appindicator.STATUS_ACTIVE) self.ind.set_label("Y") # create a menu self.menu = gtk.Menu() # create items for the menu - labels, checkboxes, radio buttons and images are supported: menuSeparator = gtk.SeparatorMenuItem() menuSeparator.show() self.menu.append(menuSeparator) btnRefresh = gtk.MenuItem("Refresh") btnRefresh.show() btnRefresh.connect("activate", self.refresh) self.menu.append(btnRefresh) btnQuit = gtk.MenuItem("Quit") btnQuit.show() btnQuit.connect("activate", self.quit) self.menu.append(btnQuit) self.menu.show() self.ind.set_menu(self.menu) self.refresh() def quit(self, widget, data=None): gtk.main_quit() def open(self, widget, event=None, data=None): #We disconnect and reconnect the event in case we have #to set it to active and we don't want the signal to be processed if(widget.get_active() == False): widget.disconnect(widget.signal_id) widget.set_active(True) widget.signal_id = widget.connect('activate', self.open) webbrowser.open(widget.url) def addItem(self, item): if(item['points'] == 0 or item['points'] == None): #This is in the case of YC Job Postings, which we skip return i = gtk.CheckMenuItem("("+str(item['points']).zfill(3)+"/"+str(item['comments_count']).zfill(3)+") "+item['title']) i.url = item['url'] i.signal_id = i.connect('activate', self.open) self.menu.prepend(i) i.show() def refresh(self, widget=None, data=None): self.data = reversed(getHomePage()[0:20]); for i in self.menu.get_children(): if(hasattr(i,'url')): self.menu.remove(i) for i in self.data: self.addItem(i) #Call every 5 minutes gtk.timeout_add(5*60*1000, self.refresh) def getHomePage(): r = requests.get('https://node-hnapi.herokuapp.com/news') return r.json() def main(): gtk.main() return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": indicator = HackerNewsApp() main()