uses strptime for date and time

meetup_api_client.py

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
-import datetime
 import time
 import types
 from urllib import urlencode
 from urllib2 import HTTPError, HTTPErrorProcessor, urlopen, Request, build_opener
+from datetime import datetime
 
 import oauth
 import MultipartPostHandler as mph
@@ -231,21 +231,31 @@ def __init__(self, json, uritype):
     def __str__(self):
         return 'meta: ' + str(self.meta) + '\n' + str(self.results)
 
+def converttime(str):
+    """Given a time string in Meetup's format, return a datetime."""
+    MEETUP_DATE_FORMAT = '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y'
+    return datetime.strptime(str, MEETUP_DATE_FORMAT)
+
 class API_Item(object):
     """Base class for an item in a result set returned by the API."""
 
     datafields = [] #override
+    timefields = [] #override
     def __init__(self, properties):
-         """load properties that are relevant to all items (id, etc.)"""
-         for field in self.datafields:
-             self.__setattr__(field, properties[field])
-         self.json = properties
+        """load properties that are relevant to all items (id, etc.)"""
+        for field in self.datafields:
+            self.__setattr__(field, properties[field])
+        for field in self.timefields:
+            self.__setattr__(field, converttime(properties[field]))
+        self.json = properties
 
     def __repr__(self):
          return self.__str__();
 
 class Member(API_Item):
-    datafields = ['bio', 'name', 'link','id','photo_url', 'zip','lat','lon','city','state','country','joined','visited']
+    datafields = ['bio', 'name', 'link','id','photo_url', 'zip','lat','lon',
+                  'city','state','country']
+    timefields = ['joined', 'visited']
 
     def get_groups(self, apiclient, **extraparams):
         extraparams.update({'member_id':self.id})
@@ -255,14 +265,19 @@ def __str__(self):
         return "Member %s (url: %s)" % (self.name, self.link)
 
 class Photo(API_Item):
-    datafields = ['albumtitle', 'link', 'member_url', 'descr', 'created', 'photo_url', 'photo_urls', 'thumb_urls']
+    datafields = ['albumtitle', 'link', 'member_url', 'descr', 'photo_url',
+                  'photo_urls', 'thumb_urls']
+    timefields = ['created']
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "Photo located at %s posted by member at %s: (%s)" % (self.link, self.member_url, self.descr)
 
 
 class Event(API_Item):
-    datafields = ['id', 'name', 'updated', 'time', 'photo_url', 'event_url', 'venue_lat', 'venue_lon', 'description', 'status', 'rsvpcount', 'no_rsvpcount', 'maybe_rsvpcount']
+    datafields = ['id', 'name', 'photo_url', 'event_url', 'venue_lat',
+                  'venue_lon', 'description', 'status', 'rsvpcount',
+                  'no_rsvpcount', 'maybe_rsvpcount']
+    timefields = ['time', 'updated']
 
     def __str__(self):
         return 'Event %s named %s at %s (url: %s)' % (self.id, self.name, self.time, self.event_url)
@@ -272,17 +287,18 @@ def get_rsvps(self, apiclient, **extraparams):
         return apiclient.get_rsvps(**extraparams)
 
 class Rsvp(API_Item):
-    datafields = ['name', 'link', 'comment','zip','coord','lon','city','state','country','response','guests','answers','updated','created']
+    datafields = ['name', 'link', 'comment','zip','coord','lon','city','state',
+                  'country','response','guests','answers']
+    timefields = ['updated', 'created']
 
     def __str__(self):
         return 'Rsvp by %s (%s) with comment: %s' % (self.name, self.link, self.comment)
 
 class Group(API_Item):
-    datafields = [ 'id','name','group_urlname','link','updated',\
-                   'members','created','photo_url',\
-                   'description','zip','lat','lon',\
-                   'city','state','country','organizerProfileURL', \
-                   'topics']
+    datafields = [ 'id','name','group_urlname','link', 'members','photo_url',
+                   'description','zip','lat','lon', 'city','state','country',
+                   'organizerProfileURL', 'topics']
+    timefields = ['created', 'updated']
 
     def __str__(self):
          return "%s (%s)" % (self.name, self.link)
@@ -316,8 +332,8 @@ def get_events(self,apiclient,  **extraparams):
         return apiclient.get_events(**extraparams) 
 
 class Topic(API_Item):
-    datafields = ['id','name','description','link','updated',\
-                  'members','urlkey']
+    datafields = ['id','name','description','link', 'members','urlkey']
+    timefields = ['updated']
 
     def __str__(self):
          return "%s with %s members (%s)" % (self.name, self.members,
@@ -332,8 +348,9 @@ def get_photos(self, apiclient, **extraparams):
          return apiclient.get_photos(**extraparams)
 
 class Comment(API_Item):
-    datafields = ['name','link','comment','rating','photo_url',\
-                  'created','lat','lon','country','city','state']
+    datafields = ['name','link','comment','rating','photo_url',
+                  'lat','lon','country','city','state']
+    timefields = ['created']
 
     def __str__(self):
          return "Comment from %s (%s)" % (self.name, self.link)