#!/usr/bin/python2.2
"""MID Seeker: Takes an message id and returns an HTTP address.
cf. "I want to get a mid: script running so that I can put an mid into my browser, and have it return the message, if it can find it."
- http://infomesh.net/misc/
"""
__author__ = "Aaron Swartz"
__copyright__ = "(C) 2002 Aaron Swartz. GNU GPL 2"
import urllib
import cgitb; cgitb.enable()
class AppURLopener(urllib.FancyURLopener):
def __init__(self, *args):
self.version = "midfinder/0.1"
urllib.FancyURLopener.__init__(self, *args)
def http_error_default(self, url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers):
return urllib.addinfourl(fp, [headers, errcode], "http:" + url)
urllib._urlopener = AppURLopener()
sources = ['http://www.w3.org/2002/02/mid/', 'http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=']
def mid2url(x):
for s in sources:
r = urllib.urlopen(s+x)
i = r.info()
if type(i) is not list or i[1] != 404:
# argh, no 404s from google!
if s.find("google") != -1 and r.read().find("Unable to retrieve") != -1:
continue
return s+x
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
import cgi
q = cgi.FieldStorage()['q'].value
r = mid2url(q)
if not r:
print 'Status: 404 Not Found'
print 'Content-Type: text/html'
print
print "I tried my best but it was for naught."
print "That mid was not located.
"
else:
print 'Status: 302 Helpful Redirect'
print 'Content-Type: text/html'
print 'Location: ' + r
print
print 'Wherever you go there you are.'