vk.com (aka vkontakte.ru) API wrapper
Project description
This is a vk.com (aka vkontakte.ru, largest Russian social network) python API wrapper. The goal is to support all API methods (current and future) that can be accessed from server.
Installation
$ pip install vkontakte
Usage
>>> import vkontakte
>>> vk = vkontakte.API('my_api_id', 'my_api_secret')
>>> print vk.getServerTime()
1282689362
>>> vk = vkontakte.API(token='my_access_token')
>>> print vk.getServerTime()
1282689362
>>> profiles = vk.getProfiles(uids='1,2', fields='education')
>>> pavel = profiles[0]
>>> print pavel['last_name'], pavel['university_name']
Дуров СПбГУ
>>> # alternative syntax
>>> profiles = vk.get('getProfiles', uids='1,2', fields='education')
>>> pavel = profiles[0]
>>> print pavel['last_name'], pavel['university_name']
Дуров СПбГУ
>>> # custom timeout example (default timeout = 1s)
>>> vk = vkontakte.API('my_api_id', 'my_api_secret', timeout=5)
>>> print vk.getServerTime()
1282689362
>>> # syntax sugar for 'secure.*' methods
>>> print vk.secure.getSMSHistory()
None
All API methods that can be called from server should be supported.
See http://bit.ly/9Nzc8h for detailed API help.
OAuth2 access_token is supported (docs are here http://vkontakte.ru/developers.php?oid=-1&p=Авторизация)
Changes
dev (TBA)
bugfix for breaking vkontakte API updates.
simplejson is now required under python 2.6 (it was previously required only under python 2.5).
1.3.2 (2012-05-19)
more COMPLEX_METHODS are suported.
1.3.1 (2012-04-09)
don’t raise an exception on json with control characters from vkontakte;
properly encode request parameters after dumping them to json format.
1.3 (2012-03-27)
dict, list and tuple arguments are now properly serialized;
more info is preserved in VKError.
1.2.1 (2012-02-15)
properly encode unicode for API calls;
tox test running.
1.2 (2012-01-20)
‘get’ API calls are fixed;
tests are added.
1.1.0 (2012-01-11)
more magic methods are supported;
proper timestamp calculation.
1.0.0 (2011-12-29)
OAuth2 support;
api.ads support;
0.9.5 (2010-10-30)
syntax sugar for ‘secure’ methods;
make vkontakte.signature public;
unicode param names are fixed;
0.9.3 (2010-09-02)
timeout support
0.9.1 (2010-08-25)
Initial release.
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