root/publicize-posts/publicize-posts.rb

#!/usr/local/bin/ruby

# open source ruby program to publicize your [imported] delicious links
#   by jm3 / john manoogian III / jm3@jm3.net
#
# usage: export your delicious links, run the cleanup script > out, then run this

# TODO:
# make user name and password command line arguments
# port the preprocessing shell script code to ruby so this can all just be one file

require 'net/https'
require 'optparse'
require 'cgi'

# change these:
API_USERNAME = "you"          
API_PASSWORD = "secret" 
DEFAULT_TAG = "stuff" # superstitiously applied to links found without tags

DELAY_BETWEEN_POSTS = 2 # in seconds
API_ENDPOINT = "api.del.icio.us"

# unix -> ISO 8601 dates
def convert_date( d )
  t = Time.at( d.to_i )
  return t.strftime( "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" )
end

# remove old tag shit; you probably don't need this if you're not me
def convert_tags( tags )
  tags = tags.gsub( /,/, ' ')
  tags = tags.gsub /(import2|imported)/, ''
  tags = tags.gsub /^ /, ''
  tags = tags.gsub /\s+/, ' '
  tags = tags.gsub /^$/, DEFAULT_TAG
end

def submit_post( post_args )
  return if ! post_args

  resp = href = "";
  begin      
    https = Net::HTTP.new( API_ENDPOINT, 443)
    https.use_ssl = true
    https.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
    https.start do |http|
      req = Net::HTTP::Get.new("/v1/posts/add?" + post_args, 
        { "User-Agent" => "jm3/ruby_link_publicizer" })
      req.basic_auth(API_USERNAME, API_PASSWORD)
      response = https.request(req)
      resp = response.body
    end     
    if resp =~ /something went wrong/ || ! ( resp =~ /result code="done"/ )
      puts "error publicizing as user: " + API_USERNAME + ",\n" + post_args
      exit
    end
  rescue SocketError
    raise "socket error and such!"
  end
end

def build_post_request_args( url, description, date, tags, note )
  return if ! url

  puts "publicizing: " + description # output for debugging / status

  url = CGI::escape( url )
  description = CGI::escape( description )
  tags = CGI::escape( tags )
  note = note ? CGI::escape( note ) : nil

  return "url=" + url + "&description=" + description + (note ? "&extended=" + note : "") + "&tags=" + tags + "&dt=" + date + "&replace=yes" + "&shared=yes"
end

def publicize_links( export_file )
  return if ! export_file
  File.open( export_file ).grep /post/ do |line|

    if line =~ /href="([^"]+)" add_date="(\d+)" tags="([^"]+)">([^<]+)</
      url = "#$1"
      date = convert_date( "#$2" )
      tags = convert_tags( "#$3" )
      description = "#$4"
    end

    if line =~ /<note>(.*)/
      note = "#$1"
    end

    submit_post( build_post_request_args( url, description, date, tags, note ))
    sleep DELAY_BETWEEN_POSTS

  end
end

if ! ARGV[0] or ! FileTest.file?( ARGV[0] )
  puts "usage: publicize_links.rb YOUR_EXPORTED_LINKS"
  exit
end

publicize_links ARGV[0]