Give Your Boss the Illusion of Managing You... With Pidgin and Dbus

Oh yeah!. With the power of DBus and libpurple APIs it is possible to give your boss the illusion of managing you. Just run the following script (under WTFPL). Tested with jabber accounts in a live office environment :P.

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# By Sudharshan S, released under WTFPL

import dbus
import gobject
import time

class PointyHairedBoss:

   def __init__(self, boss_id, source, frequency=30):
        self.boss_id = boss_id
        self.source = source
        self.frequency = frequency
        bus = dbus.SessionBus()
        _pidgin_proxy = bus.get_object("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService", \
                                                       "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
        self.purple = dbus.Interface (_pidgin_proxy, "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService")
        # FIXME:
        account_id = self.purple.PurpleAccountsGetAllActive()[0]
        self.boss_conversation = self.purple.PurpleConversationNew(1, account_id, self.boss_id)
        self.boss_im = self.purple.PurpleConvIm(self.boss_conversation)
        print self.boss_im

    def start_nonsense(self):
        question_list = open(self.source)
        for q in question_list:
            self.purple.PurpleConvImSend(self.boss_im, q)
            time.sleep(self.frequency)

if __name__ == "__main__":
   # Change the jabber id and the path to your questions, with an optional frequency
   o = PointyHairedBoss("foo@gmail.com", "questions")
   o.start_nonsense()

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