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 #!/usr/bin/env python

 #

 #       migreme.py

 #       

 #       Copyright 2009 Rafael G. Martins <rafael@rafaelmartins.eng.br>

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 from urllib2 import urlopen

 from xml.dom.minidom import parse as parseXml

 class MigremeError(Exception):

     pass

 def migreme(url):

     try:

         fp = urlopen('http://migre.me/api.xml?url=%s' % url)

         myxml = parseXml(fp)

         fp.close()

     except:

         raise MigremeError('Failed to contact migre.me')

     n_err = int(myxml.getElementsByTagName('error')[0].childNodes[0].data)

     if n_err != 0:

         error = myxml.getElementsByTagName('errormessage')[0].childNodes[0].data

         raise MigremeError('Error: %s' % error)

     return str(myxml.getElementsByTagName('migre')[0].childNodes[0].data)

 def main():

     from sys import argv, stderr

     if len(argv) == 2:

         try:

             print 'Shortened url:', migreme(argv[1])

         except MigremeError, error:

             print >> stderr, error

     else:

         print """

 Simple "Migre.Me" URL shortener

     Usage: %s <url>

 """ % argv[0]

 if __name__ == '__main__':

     main()