eveapi_simple.py

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"""eveapi_simple.py: simple eve api query helper"""

from httplib import HTTPSConnection
from lxml import objectify


class APIError(Exception):
    pass


def query(query, args=None):
    """Query the eve online API and return a result object."""
    query = _make_query_string(query, args)
    con = HTTPSConnection('api.eveonline.com')
    con.request('GET', query)
    response = con.getresponse()
    if response.status != 200:
        raise APIError("HTTPS GET failed")
    return objectify.fromstring(response.read())


def _make_query_string(query, args=None):
    if args is None:
        args = {}
    if not query.startswith('/'):
        query = '/' + query
    if not query.endswith(".xml.aspx"):
        query += '.xml.aspx'
    query_str = '?'.join(
        [query, '&'.join(['='.join(map(str, i)) for i in args.items()])])
    return query_str.replace(' ', '%20')