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Highrise Backup
I no longer use Highrise, but when I did, I used this Python script to back up my contacts. Hope it’s helpful to someone.
Updated 2009-12-14: Added license
#!/usr/bin/python # # Copyright (c) 2009, Andrew Ferrier All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # # * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, # this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # # * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, # this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation # and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # # * The name of Andrew Ferrier may not be used to endorse or promote products # derived from this software without specific prior written permission. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE # IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE # ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE # LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR # CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF # SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS # INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN # CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) # ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. import httplib2 import getopt import sys try: opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "a:d:", ["user-auth-token=", "domain="]) except getopt.GetoptError, err: print str(err) sys.exit(2) userauthtoken = None domain = None for o, a in opts: if o in ("-a", "--user-auth-token"): userauthtoken = a elif o in ("-d", "--domain"): domain = a else: assert False, "unhandled option" if userauthtoken == None or domain == None: print "You must specify both the user-auth-token and the domain" sys.exit(2) url = "http://" + domain + ".highrisehq.com/people.xml" http = httplib2.Http() http.add_credentials(userauthtoken, "x") offset = 0 content = "" while True: response, newContent = http.request(url + "?n=" + str(offset)) if response.status != 200: sys.exit(response.status) numContacts = newContent.count("<person>") offset += numContacts content += newContent if numContacts < 500: break print content
Connecting Google Reader and podget
For some time, I’ve had a Perl script that runs regularly, backing up my Google Reader subscriptions using the standard OPML format:
#!/usr/bin/perl # # Usage: # backup-google-reader-opml file-to-write-to.opml google.user.name@domain google-password use strict; use warnings; use WWW::Mechanize; my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new(); $mech->get("http://reader.google.com") or die "Cannot reach Google Reader Homepage"; $mech->submit_form( form_number => 1, fields => { Email => $ARGV[1], Passwd => $ARGV[2] } ) or die "Cannot submit form"; $mech->get("http://www.google.com/reader/subscriptions/export"); $mech->save_content($ARGV[0]);
However, I recently wrote another script (this time Python) that then takes this OPML, parses out all the URLs that are tagged with ‘podcast’, and outputs a serverlist file for podget (an automated console-based podcast downloader). This enables me to subscribe to a podcast in Google Reader, and have the podcast automatically added to the download list. The script looks like this:
#!/usr/bin/python # # Pass in the OPML file as the first command-line parameter. Will output the # podget serverlist on stdout. import re import sys import xml.dom.minidom doc = xml.dom.minidom.parse(sys.argv[1]) body = doc.getElementsByTagName("body")[0] p = re.compile('^\W+') for outline in doc.getElementsByTagName("outline"): if outline.getAttribute("text") == "podcast": for subOutlines in outline.getElementsByTagName("outline"): title = subOutlines.getAttribute("title") title = p.sub("", title) print subOutlines.getAttribute("xmlUrl") + " NoCategory " + title
Feel free to use and adapt to your needs.