Merge pull request #30 from wjt/streaming

Support streaming API

mastodon/Mastodon.py

@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ import time
 import random
 import string
 import datetime
-import dateutil.parser
-
-import pytz
 import dateutil
+import dateutil.parser
+from contextlib import closing
 import requests
 
 class Mastodon:
@@ -658,6 +657,37 @@ class Mastodon:
         media_file_description = (file_name, media_file, mime_type)
         return self.__api_request('POST', '/api/v1/media', files = {'file': media_file_description})
 
+    def user_stream(self, listener):
+        """
+        Streams events that are relevant to the authorized user, i.e. home
+        timeline and notifications. 'listener' should be a subclass of
+        StreamListener.
+
+        This method blocks forever, calling callbacks on 'listener' for
+        incoming events.
+        """
+        return self.__stream('/api/v1/streaming/user', listener)
+
+    def public_stream(self, listener):
+        """
+        Streams public events. 'listener' should be a subclass of
+        StreamListener.
+
+        This method blocks forever, calling callbacks on 'listener' for
+        incoming events.
+        """
+        return self.__stream('/api/v1/streaming/public', listener)
+
+    def hashtag_stream(self, tag, listener):
+        """
+        Returns all public statuses for the hashtag 'tag'. 'listener' should be
+        a subclass of StreamListener.
+
+        This method blocks forever, calling callbacks on 'listener' for
+        incoming events.
+        """
+        return self.__stream('/api/v1/streaming/hashtag', listener, params={'tag': tag})
+
     ###
     # Internal helpers, dragons probably
     ###
@@ -790,6 +820,20 @@ class Mastodon:
 
         return response
 
+    def __stream(self, endpoint, listener, params = {}):
+        """
+        Internal streaming API helper.
+        """
+
+        headers = {}
+        if self.access_token != None:
+            headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + self.access_token}
+
+        url = self.api_base_url + endpoint
+        with closing(requests.get(url, headers = headers, data = params, stream = True)) as r:
+            listener.handle_stream(r.iter_lines())
+
+
     def __generate_params(self, params, exclude = []):
         """
         Internal named-parameters-to-dict helper.

mastodon/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 from mastodon.Mastodon import Mastodon
-__all__ = ['Mastodon']
+from mastodon.streaming import StreamListener, MalformedEventError
+
+__all__ = ['Mastodon', 'StreamListener', 'MalformedEventError']

mastodon/streaming.py

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+'''
+Handlers for the Streaming API:
+https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/master/docs/Using-the-API/Streaming-API.md
+'''
+
+import json
+import logging
+import six
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class MalformedEventError(Exception):
+    '''Raised when the server-sent event stream is malformed.'''
+    pass
+
+
+class StreamListener(object):
+    '''Callbacks for the streaming API. Create a subclass, override the on_xxx
+    methods for the kinds of events you're interested in, then pass an instance
+    of your subclass to Mastodon.user_stream(), Mastodon.public_stream(), or
+    Mastodon.hashtag_stream().'''
+
+    def on_update(self, status):
+        '''A new status has appeared! 'status' is the parsed JSON dictionary
+        describing the status.'''
+        pass
+
+    def on_notification(self, notification):
+        '''A new notification. 'notification' is the parsed JSON dictionary
+        describing the notification.'''
+        pass
+
+    def on_delete(self, status_id):
+        '''A status has been deleted. status_id is the status' integer ID.'''
+        pass
+
+    def handle_heartbeat(self):
+        '''The server has sent us a keep-alive message. This callback may be
+        useful to carry out periodic housekeeping tasks, or just to confirm
+        that the connection is still open.'''
+
+    def handle_stream(self, lines):
+        '''
+        Handles a stream of events from the Mastodon server. When each event
+        is received, the corresponding .on_[name]() method is called.
+
+        lines: an iterable of lines of bytes sent by the Mastodon server, as
+        returned by requests.Response.iter_lines().
+        '''
+        event = {}
+        for raw_line in lines:
+            try:
+                line = raw_line.decode('utf-8')
+            except UnicodeDecodeError as err:
+                six.raise_from(
+                    MalformedEventError("Malformed UTF-8", line),
+                    err
+                )
+
+            if line.startswith(':'):
+                self.handle_heartbeat()
+            elif line == '':
+                # end of event
+                self._despatch(event)
+                event = {}
+            else:
+                key, value = line.split(': ', 1)
+                # According to the MDN spec, repeating the 'data' key
+                # represents a newline(!)
+                if key in event:
+                    event[key] += '\n' + value
+                else:
+                    event[key] = value
+
+        # end of stream
+        if event:
+            log.warn("outstanding partial event at end of stream: %s", event)
+
+    def _despatch(self, event):
+        try:
+            name = event['event']
+            data = event['data']
+            payload = json.loads(data)
+        except KeyError as err:
+            six.raise_from(
+                MalformedEventError('Missing field', err.args[0], event),
+                err
+            )
+        except ValueError as err:
+            # py2: plain ValueError
+            # py3: json.JSONDecodeError, a subclass of ValueError
+            six.raise_from(
+                MalformedEventError('Bad JSON', data),
+                err
+            )
+
+        handler_name = 'on_' + name
+        try:
+            handler = getattr(self, handler_name)
+        except AttributeError:
+            log.warn("Unhandled event '%s'", name)
+        else:
+            # TODO: allow handlers to return/raise to stop streaming cleanly
+            handler(payload)
+

setup.cfg

@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ universal=1
 source-dir = docs
 build-dir  = docs/build
 all_files  = 1
+
+[aliases]
+test=pytest

setup.py

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ setup(name='Mastodon.py',
       version='1.0.6',
       description='Python wrapper for the Mastodon API',
       packages=['mastodon'],
-      install_requires=['requests', 'dateutils'],
+      setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
+      tests_require=['pytest'],
+      install_requires=['requests', 'dateutils', 'six'],
       url='https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py',
       author='Lorenz Diener',
       author_email='lorenzd+mastodonpypypi@gmail.com',

tests/test_streaming.py

@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+import six
+import pytest
+import itertools
+from mastodon.streaming import StreamListener, MalformedEventError
+
+
+class Listener(StreamListener):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.updates = []
+        self.notifications = []
+        self.deletes = []
+        self.heartbeats = 0
+
+    def on_update(self, status):
+        self.updates.append(status)
+
+    def on_notification(self, notification):
+        self.notifications.append(notification)
+
+    def on_delete(self, status_id):
+        self.deletes.append(status_id)
+
+    def handle_heartbeat(self):
+        self.heartbeats += 1
+
+    def handle_stream_(self, lines):
+        '''Test helper to avoid littering all tests with six.b().'''
+        return self.handle_stream(map(six.b, lines))
+
+def test_heartbeat():
+    listener = Listener()
+    listener.handle_stream_([':one', ':two'])
+    assert listener.heartbeats == 2
+
+
+def test_status():
+    listener = Listener()
+    listener.handle_stream_([
+        'event: update',
+        'data: {"foo": "bar"}',
+        '',
+    ])
+    assert listener.updates == [{"foo": "bar"}]
+
+
+def test_notification():
+    listener = Listener()
+    listener.handle_stream_([
+        'event: notification',
+        'data: {"foo": "bar"}',
+        '',
+    ])
+    assert listener.notifications == [{"foo": "bar"}]
+
+
+def test_delete():
+    listener = Listener()
+    listener.handle_stream_([
+        'event: delete',
+        'data: 123',
+        '',
+    ])
+    assert listener.deletes == [123]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('events', itertools.permutations([
+    ['event: update', 'data: {"foo": "bar"}', ''],
+    ['event: notification', 'data: {"foo": "bar"}', ''],
+    ['event: delete', 'data: 123', ''],
+    [':toot toot'],
+    [':beep beep'],
+]))
+def test_many(events):
+    listener = Listener()
+    stream = [
+        line
+        for event in events
+        for line in event
+    ]
+    listener.handle_stream_(stream)
+    assert listener.updates == [{"foo": "bar"}]
+    assert listener.notifications == [{"foo": "bar"}]
+    assert listener.deletes == [123]
+    assert listener.heartbeats == 2
+
+
+def test_unknown_event():
+    '''Be tolerant of new event types'''
+    listener = Listener()
+    listener.handle_stream_([
+        'event: blahblah',
+        'data: {}',
+        '',
+    ])
+    assert listener.updates == []
+    assert listener.notifications == []
+    assert listener.deletes == []
+    assert listener.heartbeats == 0
+
+
+def test_missing_event_name():
+    listener = Listener()
+    with pytest.raises(MalformedEventError):
+        listener.handle_stream_([
+            'data: {}',
+            '',
+        ])
+
+    assert listener.updates == []
+    assert listener.notifications == []
+    assert listener.deletes == []
+    assert listener.heartbeats == 0
+
+
+def test_missing_data():
+    listener = Listener()
+    with pytest.raises(MalformedEventError):
+        listener.handle_stream_([
+            'event: update',
+            '',
+        ])
+
+    assert listener.updates == []
+    assert listener.notifications == []
+    assert listener.deletes == []
+    assert listener.heartbeats == 0
+
+
+def test_sse_order_doesnt_matter():
+    listener = Listener()
+    listener.handle_stream_([
+        'data: {"foo": "bar"}',
+        'event: update',
+        '',
+    ])
+    assert listener.updates == [{"foo": "bar"}]
+
+
+def test_extra_keys_ignored():
+    '''
+    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Server-sent_events/Using_server-sent_events#Event_stream_format
+    defines 'id' and 'retry' keys which the Mastodon streaming API doesn't use,
+    and alleges that "All other field names are ignored".
+    '''
+    listener = Listener()
+    listener.handle_stream_([
+        'event: update',
+        'data: {"foo": "bar"}',
+        'id: 123',
+        'retry: 456',
+        'ignoreme: blah blah blah',
+        '',
+    ])
+    assert listener.updates == [{"foo": "bar"}]
+
+
+def test_valid_utf8():
+    '''Snowman Cat Face With Tears Of Joy'''
+    listener = Listener()
+    listener.handle_stream_([
+        'event: update',
+        'data: {"foo": "\xE2\x98\x83\xF0\x9F\x98\xB9"}',
+        '',
+    ])
+    assert listener.updates == [{"foo": u"\u2603\U0001F639"}]
+
+
+def test_invalid_utf8():
+    '''Cat Face With Tears O'''
+    listener = Listener()
+    with pytest.raises(MalformedEventError):
+        listener.handle_stream_([
+            'event: update',
+            'data: {"foo": "\xF0\x9F\x98"}',
+            '',
+        ])
+
+
+def test_multiline_payload():
+    '''
+    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Server-sent_events/Using_server-sent_events#Data-only_messages
+    says that newlines in the 'data' field can be encoded by sending the field
+    twice! This would be really pathological for Mastodon because the payload
+    is JSON, but technically literal newlines are permissible (outside strings)
+    so let's handle this case.
+    '''
+    listener = Listener()
+    listener.handle_stream_([
+        'event: update',
+        'data: {"foo":',
+        'data: "bar"',
+        'data: }',
+        '',
+    ])
+    assert listener.updates == [{"foo": "bar"}]