hackertray/__main__.py

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Python

#!/usr/bin/python
import pygtk
pygtk.require('2.0')
import gtk
import requests
import webbrowser
import json
from os.path import expanduser
try:
import appindicator
except ImportError:
import appindicator_replacement as appindicator
class HackerNewsApp:
def __init__(self):
#Load the database
home = expanduser("~")
with open(home+'/.hackertray.json', 'a+') as content_file:
content_file.seek(0)
content = content_file.read()
try:
self.db = set(json.loads(content))
except:
self.db = set()
# create an indicator applet
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 - refresh, quit and a separator
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()
''' Handler for the quit button'''
#ToDo: Handle keyboard interrupt properly
def quit(self, widget, data=None):
l=list(self.db)
home = expanduser("~")
#truncate the file
file = open(home+'/.hackertray.json', 'w+')
file.write(json.dumps(l))
gtk.main_quit()
'''Opens the link in the web browser'''
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)
self.db.add(widget.item_id)
webbrowser.open(widget.url)
'''Adds an item to the menu'''
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.set_active(item['id'] in self.db)
i.url = item['url']
i.signal_id = i.connect('activate', self.open)
i.item_id = item['id']
self.menu.prepend(i)
i.show()
'''Refreshes the menu '''
def refresh(self, widget=None, data=None):
data = reversed(getHomePage()[0:20]);
#Remove all the current stories
for i in self.menu.get_children():
if(hasattr(i,'url')):
self.menu.remove(i)
#Add back all the refreshed news
for i in data:
self.addItem(i)
#Call every 5 minutes
gtk.timeout_add(5*60*1000, self.refresh)
'''Returns all the news stories from homepage'''
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()