gnoteroctrl

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
This file is part of Gnotero.

Gnotero is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

Gnotero is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with Gnotero.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""

import socket
import optparse
import sys

# Parse the command line options			
parser = optparse.OptionParser("usage: gnoteroctrl [options]")

parser.set_defaults(search = "")
parser.set_defaults(activate = False)
parser.set_defaults(port = 43250)
parser.set_defaults(host = "localhost")

group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Control Gnotero")
group.add_option("-s", "--search", action = "store", dest = "search", help = "Show Gnotero and perform a search")
group.add_option("-a", "--activate", action = "store_true", dest = "activate", help = "Show Gnotero")
parser.add_option_group(group)	
		
group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Connection parameters")
group.add_option("-p", "--port", action = "store", dest = "port", help = "Connection port (default = 43250)")
group.add_option("-o", "--host", action = "store", dest = "host", help = "Gnotero host (default = localhost)")
parser.add_option_group(group)	

options, args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv)

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)

cmd = ""
if options.search != "":
	cmd = "search %s" % options.search
elif options.activate:
	cmd = "activate"
else:
	print "gnoteroctrl: see gnoteroctrl --help for instructions"
	quit()

try:
	sock.sendto(cmd, (options.host, options.port) )
	print "gnoteroctrl: sending '%s' to %s:%d" % (cmd, options.host, options.port)
except:
	print "gnoteroctrl: failed to connect to Gnotero"