Py2 compatibility and queue handling

* Removed install_aliases(), which caused problems with urllib2
* Better waiting time calculation (used in queue handling)

bitter/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.6
+0.7.0

bitter/__init__.py

@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@ Bitter module. A library and cli for Twitter using python-twitter.
 http://github.com/balkian/bitter
 """
 
-try:
-    from future.standard_library import install_aliases
-    install_aliases()
-except ImportError:
-    # Avoid problems at setup.py and py3.x
-    pass
-
 import os
 
 from .version import __version__

bitter/cli.py

@@ -391,8 +391,9 @@ def stream(ctx):
 @click.option('-l', '--locations', default=None)
 @click.option('-t', '--track', default=None)
 @click.option('-f', '--file', help='File to store the stream of tweets')
+@click.option('-p', '--politelyretry', help='Politely retry after a hangup/connection error', is_flag=True, default=True)
 @click.pass_context 
-def get_stream(ctx, locations, track, file):
+def get_stream(ctx, locations, track, file, politelyretry):
     wq = crawlers.StreamQueue.from_credentials(bconf.CREDENTIALS, 1)
 
     query_args = {}
@@ -400,17 +401,28 @@ def get_stream(ctx, locations, track, file):
         query_args['locations'] = locations
     if track:
         query_args['track'] = track
-    if not query_args:
-        iterator = wq.statuses.sample()
-    else:
-        iterator = wq.statuses.filter(**query_args)#"-4.25,40.16,-3.40,40.75")
-
     if not file:
         file = sys.stdout
     else:
         file = open(file, 'a')
 
-    for tweet in tqdm(iterator):
+    def insist():
+        lasthangup = time.time()
+        while True:
+            if not query_args:
+                iterator = wq.statuses.sample()
+            else:
+                iterator = wq.statuses.filter(**query_args)#"-4.25,40.16,-3.40,40.75")
+            for i in iterator:
+                yield i
+            if not politelyretry:
+                return
+            thishangup = time.time()
+            if thishangup - lasthangup < 60:
+                raise Exception('Too many hangups in a row.')
+            time.sleep(3)
+
+    for tweet in tqdm(insist()):
         print(json.dumps(tweet), file=file)
     if file != sys.stdout:
         file.close()

bitter/crawlers.py

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ from twitter import *
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from threading import Lock
 from itertools import islice
+try:
+    import itertools.ifilter as filter
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 from . import utils
 from . import config
 
@@ -178,9 +183,13 @@ class TwitterQueue(QueueMixin):
                     patience -= 1
 
     def get_wait(self, uriparts):
-        available = next(lambda x: not x.busy, self.queue)
+        # Stop as soon as one is available to avoid initiating the rest
-        first_worker = min(available, key=lambda x: x.get_wait(uriparts))
+        for i in self.queue:
-        diff = first_worker.get_wait(uriparts)
+            if not i.busy and i.get_wait(uriparts) == 0:
+                return 0
+        # If None is available, let's see how much we have to wait
+        available = filter(lambda x: not x.busy, self.queue)
+        diff = min(worker.get_wait(uriparts) for worker in self.queue if not worker.busy)
         return diff
         
 

bitter/utils.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
 
 from itertools import islice
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from itertools import zip_longest
+from future.moves.itertools import zip_longest
 from collections import Counter
 
 from twitter import TwitterHTTPError

setup.py

@@ -43,5 +43,14 @@ setup(
     entry_points="""
         [console_scripts]
         bitter=bitter.cli:main
-    """
+    """,
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+    ]
 )

tests/test_crawlers.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import datetime
 import time
 
 from bitter import utils
-from bitter.crawlers import TwitterQueue, TwitterWorker, TwitterQueueException
+from bitter.crawlers import TwitterQueue, TwitterWorker, QueueException
 from bitter import config as c
 
 class TestUtils(TestCase):
@@ -64,12 +64,9 @@ class TestUtils(TestCase):
         try:
             # resp = self.wq.friends.list(screen_name='balkian')
             self.wq.next(['friends', 'list'])
-        except TwitterQueueException:
+        except QueueException:
             failed = True
         assert failed
         l2 = w1.get_limit(['friends', 'list'])
         assert self.wq.get_wait(['friends', 'list']) > (l2['reset']-time.time())
         assert self.wq.get_wait(['friends', 'list']) < (l2['reset']-time.time()+2)
-        time.sleep(w1.get_wait(['friends', 'list']))
-
-