Added new methods (pubsub) for uploading attachments and sending posts to VK. Those methods will be extended to support all post types and attachments lately and will be able to report errors and success when posting to the full application

src/sessionmanager/session.py

@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import paths
 import config
 import sound
 from requests.exceptions import ProxyError, ConnectionError
-from .config_utils import Configuration, ConfigurationResetException
-from . import vkSessionHandler
 from pubsub import pub
 from vk_api.exceptions import LoginRequired, VkApiError
+from vk_api import upload
+from .config_utils import Configuration, ConfigurationResetException
+from . import vkSessionHandler
+from . import utils
 
 log = logging.getLogger("session")
 
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ class vkSession(object):
 		if name.endswith("_messages") and show_nextpage == True:
 			show_nextpage = False
 		for i in data:
-			if "type" in i and not isinstance(i["type"], int) and (i["type"] == "wall_photo" or i["type"] == "photo_tag" or i["type"] == "photo" or i["type"] == False or i["type"] == True):
+			if "type" in i and (i["type"] == "wall_photo" or i["type"] == "photo_tag" or i["type"] == "photo" or i["type"] == False or i["type"] == True):
 				log.debug("Skipping unsupported item... %r" % (i,))
 				continue
 			# for some reason, VK sends post data if the post has been deleted already.
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ class vkSession(object):
 		self.settings = Configuration(os.path.join(paths.config_path(), file_), os.path.join(paths.app_path(), "session.defaults"))
 		self.soundplayer = sound.soundSystem(config.app["sound"])
 		pub.subscribe(self.play_sound, "play-sound")
+		pub.subscribe(self.post, "post")
 #  except:
 #   log.exception("The session configuration has failed.")
 
@@ -304,3 +307,69 @@ class vkSession(object):
 		log.debug("Getting user identifier...")
 		user = self.vk.client.users.get(fields="uid, first_name, last_name")
 		self.user_id = user[0]["id"]
+
+	def post(self, parent_endpoint, child_endpoint, attachments_list=[], post_arguments={}):
+		""" Generic function to be called whenever user wants to post something to VK.
+		This function should be capable of uploading all attachments before posting, and send a special event in case the post has failed,
+		So the program can recreate the post and show it back to the user."""
+		attachments = ""
+		if len(attachments_list) > 0:
+			attachments = self.upload_attachments(attachments_list)
+			print(attachments)
+		# VK generally defines all kind of messages under "text", "message" or "body" so let's try with all of those
+		possible_message_keys = ["text", "message", "body"]
+		for i in possible_message_keys:
+			if post_arguments.get(i):
+				urls = utils.find_urls_in_text(post_arguments[i])
+				if len(urls) != 0:
+					if len(attachments) == 0:
+						attachments = urls[0]
+					else:
+						attachments += urls[0]
+					post_arguments[i] = post_arguments[i].replace(urls[0], "")
+		# After modifying everything, let's update the post arguments if needed.
+		if len(attachments) > 0:
+			post_arguments.update(attachments=attachments)
+		print(post_arguments)
+		# Determines the correct functions to call here.
+		parent_endpoint = getattr(self.vk.client, parent_endpoint)
+		endpoint = getattr(parent_endpoint, child_endpoint)
+		post = endpoint(**post_arguments)
+		print(post)
+
+	def upload_attachments(self, attachments):
+		""" Upload attachments to VK before posting them.
+		Returns attachments formatted as string, as required by VK API."""
+		# To do: Check the caption and description fields for this kind of attachments.
+		local_attachments = ""
+		uploader = upload.VkUpload(self.vk.session_object)
+		for i in attachments:
+			if i["from"] == "online":
+				local_attachments += "{0}{1}_{2},".format(i["type"], i["owner_id"], i["id"])
+			elif i["from"] == "local" and i["type"] == "photo":
+				photos = i["file"]
+				description = i["description"]
+				r = uploader.photo_wall(photos, caption=description)
+				id = r[0]["id"]
+				owner_id = r[0]["owner_id"]
+				local_attachments += "photo{0}_{1},".format(owner_id, id)
+			elif i["from"] == "local" and i["type"] == "audio":
+				audio = i["file"]
+				title = "untitled"
+				artist = "unnamed"
+				if "artist" in i:
+					artist = i["artist"]
+				if "title" in i:
+					title = i["title"]
+				r = uploader.audio(audio, title=title, artist=artist)
+				id = r["id"]
+				owner_id = r["owner_id"]
+				local_attachments += "audio{0}_{1},".format(owner_id, id)
+			elif i["from"] == "local" and i["type"] == "document":
+				document = i["file"]
+				title = i["title"]
+				r = uploader.document(document, title=title, to_wall=True)
+				id = r["doc"]["id"]
+				owner_id = r["doc"]["owner_id"]
+				local_attachments += "doc{0}_{1},".format(owner_id, id)
+		return local_attachments