posterous-shell

#!/usr/bin/env python

from getpass import getpass
from optparse import OptionParser
import posterous 

"""Launch an interactive shell ready for Posterous usage

This script is handy for debugging posterous during development
or to just play around with the library.
It imports posterous and creates an authenticated API instance (api)
using the credentials provided.
"""

opt = OptionParser(usage='posterous-shell <username> <password>')
options, args = opt.parse_args()

if len(args) == 1:
    username, password = args[0], getpass()
elif len(args) == 2:
    username, password = args[0], args[1]
else:
    username, password = None, None

local_ns = {'posterous': posterous, 'api': posterous.API(username, password)}
shellbanner = '<Posterous shell>'

try:
    import IPython
    ipshell = IPython.Shell.IPShell([''], user_ns = local_ns)
    ipshell.mainloop(sys_exit=1, banner = shellbanner)
except ImportError:
    import code
    code.interact(shellbanner, local = local_ns)