Purged!

[schlake]

I purged for a second time.

#!/usr/bin/env python

from getpass import getpass
import urllib2
from hashlib import md5
import xmlrpclib
import pprint

def calcchallenge(challenge, password):
return md5(challenge+md5(password).hexdigest()).hexdigest()

def flatresponse(response):
r = {}
while True:
name = response.readline()
if len(name) == 0:
break
if name[-1] == '\n':
name = name[:len(name)-1]
value = response.readline()
if value[-1] == '\n':
value = value[:len(value)-1]
r[name] = value
return r

def dochallenge(server, params, password):
challenge = server.LJ.XMLRPC.getchallenge()
data = {
'auth_method': "challenge",
'auth_challenge': challenge['challenge'],
'auth_response': calcchallenge(challenge['challenge'], password)
}
params.update( data )
return params

def getljsession( server, username, password ):
r = urllib2.urlopen(server+"/interface/flat", "mode=getchallenge")
response = flatresponse(r)
r.close()
r = urllib2.urlopen(server+"/interface/flat", "mode=sessiongenerate&user=%s&auth_method=challenge&auth_challenge=%s&auth_response=%s" % (username, response['challenge'], calcchallenge(response['challenge'], password)))
response = flatresponse(r)
r.close()
return response['ljsession']

site = 'http://livejournal.com'
username = raw_input( "Username: " )
password = getpass( "Password: " )
journal = username

ljsession = getljsession( site, username, password )
server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(site+"/interface/xmlrpc")

lastsync = ""

while True:
r = server.LJ.XMLRPC.syncitems(dochallenge(server, {
'username': username,
'ver': 1,
'lastsync': lastsync,
'usejournal': username,
}, password))
if len( r['syncitems'] ) == 0: break
for item in r['syncitems']:
print item
if item['item'][0] == 'C':
print 'Ignoring comment'

if item['item'][0] == 'L':
print 'Purging journal entry'
try:
e = server.LJ.XMLRPC.editevent( dochallenge(server, {
'username': username,
'ver': 1,
'itemid': item['item'][2:],
'usejournal': username,
'event': '',
}, password ) )
except xmlrpclib.Fault, x:
print 'Error'
pprint.pprint( x )
lastsync = item['time']