xr09 / wpy

Requests pages by mail with a web4mail server

wpy: web4mail cli client

Intro

A web4mail server accept web requests by mail and sends them back as an attachment.

In this case we use [e-mail] but any other could be easily supported.

Wpy is a command line tool, it gets easier to do Google searchs and request pages from the terminal.

Wpy build the request, connects to the smtp server (using our config), and sends the mail to the w4mail server.

Wpy was built to use when you have no connection to the internet but a mail account.

Requirements

Any OS with Python 2.5 or higher.

Install

1. Get wpy:

   https://raw.github.com/xr09/wpy/master/w.py
   

2. Copy the file anywhere on your home folder, here we assume is $HOME/apps/wpy

   $ [ -d $HOME/.apps/wpy ] || mkdir -p $HOME/.apps/wpy
   $ mv w.py $HOME/.apps/wpy/
   $ chmod +x $HOME/.apps/wpy/w.py

3. Create config file:

   $ touch $HOME/.wpy.cfg
   $ chmod 600 $HOME/.wpy.cfg

4. Edit .wpy.cfg (example):

   [default]
   user=mail_user
   password=password
   mailserver=somemail.com

5. Create alias to use w.py:

   $ cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<EOF
   alias wpy='python $HOME/apps/wpy/w.py'
   EOF

   Start a fresh terminal and try wpy.

6. Try wpy:

   $ wpy -h
   Options:
     -h, --help    show this help message and exit
     -g, --google  Google Search
     ...

Using wpy

Simple google search:

$ wpy python
Page requested: http://www.google.com/search?q=python

Request specific page:

$ wpy http://www.python.org/
Page requested: http://www.python.org/

Twitter search:

$ wpy -t android
Engine: Twitter
Key Words: android

Wikipedia search:

$ wpy -w android
Engine: Wikipedia (English)
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=android

In some minutes depending of server load you should receive a reply.