python-readability

This module provides a reference implementation for consuming the Readability API.

You can use it to:

• Add/Remove Bookmarks
• List Articles
• View Contributions

Authentication options

• XAuth (API Keys + Username/Password)
• OAuth (API Keys + User Authorization)

Usage

Authentication is simple:

import readability

token = readability.xauth('consumer-key', 'consumer-secret', 'username', 'password')
rdd = readability.oauth('consumer-key', 'consumer-secret', token=token)

Get user info:

>>> rdd.get_me()
<user name="username">

List a user's bookmarks:

>>> rdd.get_bookmarks()
[<bookmark "1">, <bookmark "3">, <bookmark "5">, <bookmark "7">]

>>> for b in rdd.get_bookmarks()
...     print b.article.url

List a user's favorites:

>>> rdd.get_bookmarks(favorite=True)
[<bookmark "3">]

Save the OAuth Token for later:

>>> rdd.token_tuple
('oauth-token', 'oauth-secret')

Install

Installing python-readability is easy:

$ pip install readability-api

Or, if you must:

$ easy_install readability-api

But, you really shouldn't do that.

License

The MIT License:

Copyright (C) 2011 by Readability, LLC

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

API Access

Don't have a Readability API key? Send us an email.