Allow template variables in binder_api() paths.

Example:
    m = bind_api(path='/test/{id}', allowed_param=['id'])
    m(id=123)

diff --git a/tweepy/binder.py b/tweepy/binder.py
index 339a835174f701b9f8b1d9c80df9570fb9171677..34d24b6186716d4f81e25a039436ccc6eeb55b27 100644 (file)
--- a/tweepy/binder.py
+++ b/tweepy/binder.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import httplib
 import urllib
 import time
+import re
 
 from tweepy.parsers import parse_error
 from tweepy.error import TweepError
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ except ImportError:
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError, "Can't load a json library"
 
+re_path_template = re.compile('{\w+}')
+
 
 def bind_api(path, parser, allowed_param=[], method='GET', require_auth=False,
               timeout=None, search_api = False):
@@ -46,6 +49,9 @@ def bind_api(path, parser, allowed_param=[], method='GET', require_auth=False,
             for idx, arg in enumerate(args):
                 if isinstance(arg, unicode):
                     arg = arg.encode('utf-8')
+                elif not isinstance(arg, str):
+                    arg = str(arg)
+
                 try:
                     parameters[allowed_param[idx]] = arg
                 except IndexError:
@@ -57,22 +63,37 @@ def bind_api(path, parser, allowed_param=[], method='GET', require_auth=False,
                     raise TweepError('Multiple values for parameter %s supplied!' % k)
                 if k not in allowed_param:
                     raise TweepError('Invalid parameter %s supplied!' % k)
+
                 if isinstance(arg, unicode):
                     arg = arg.encode('utf-8')
+                elif not isinstance(arg, str):
+                    arg = str(arg)
                 parameters[k] = arg
         else:
             if len(args) > 0 or len(kargs) > 0:
                 raise TweepError('This method takes no parameters!')
             parameters = None
 
-        # Build url with parameters
+        # Pick correct URL root to use
         if search_api is False:
             api_root = api.api_root
         else:
             api_root = api.search_root
 
+        # Build the request URL
         if parameters:
-            url = '%s?%s' % (api_root + path, urllib.urlencode(parameters))
+            # Replace any template variables in path
+            tpath = str(path)
+            for template in re_path_template.findall(path):
+                name = template.strip('{}')
+                try:
+                    value = urllib.quote(parameters[name])
+                    tpath = path.replace(template, value)
+                except KeyError:
+                    raise TweepError('Invalid path key: %s' % name)
+                del parameters[name]
+
+            url = '%s?%s' % (api_root + tpath, urllib.urlencode(parameters))
         else:
             url = api_root + path