for blog reading i use the amazing (and free!) software from newsgator called NetNewsWire.
i discovered an applescript for posting post currently being read to my delicious bookmarks.
this was pretty good as it was, but, but i wanted a bit more, so i modified it to prompt for additional tags.
i have also added support for growl notifications, if growl is running.
when you run the script for the first time, it prompts you enter your username, password, and default tags.
you only need to enter that stuff once: after that it just runs.
additionally, i set up a quickilver trigger to run when i push “control + d”, scoped only to NNW.
so, now every time i wish to save whatever it is i am reading in NNW, i just hit “control + d” and it prompts for tags, then runs in the background.
its fast and works great.
to use it yourself, copy the script below and open the Script Editor (included in mac os x).
paste it in, and save it to:
~/Library/Scripts/Applications/NetNewsWire/to read in delicious.scpt
property usernamePasswordString : ""
property tagsString : ""
on run
checkUsernameAndPassword()
postToDelicious()
end run
on postToDelicious()
tell application "NetNewsWire"
if exists selectedHeadline then
set theResults to display dialog "Enter tags for this item" default answer ""
if button returned of theResults is "OK" then
set myTags to text returned of theResults
end if
set thisHeadline to (title of selectedHeadline)
set u to "\"?&url=" & (URL of selectedHeadline) & ¬
"&description=" & (title of selectedHeadline) & ¬
"&tags=" & tagsString & " " & myTags & "\""
set curlStatement to "/usr/bin/curl -u " & usernamePasswordString & " -d " & u & " https://api.del.icio.us/v1/posts/add"
set retValue to do shell script curlStatement
if retValue contains "wrong" then
display dialog "Headline did not post to Delicious. Something went wrong."
else
set the enabledNotificationsList to ¬
{"Item Posted to Delicious"}
tell application "System Events"
set growlRunning to ¬
(count of (every process whose name is "GrowlHelperApp")) > 0
end tell
if growlRunning then
tell application "GrowlHelperApp"
register as application ¬
"scriptNetNewsWire" all notifications enabledNotificationsList ¬
default notifications enabledNotificationsList ¬
icon of application "NetNewsWire"
notify with name ¬
"Item Posted to Delicious" title thisHeadline description "Posted to Delicious with tags: \"" & myTags & ¬
"\"" application name "scriptNetNewsWire" icon of application "NetNewsWire"
end tell
end if
end if
else
display dialog "Please select a headline to post to del.icio.us"
end if
end tell
end postToDelicious
on checkUsernameAndPassword()
-- Check to see if the file where our username and password are stored exists
try
do shell script "cd " & POSIX path of (path to preferences as text) & "; ls | grep com.flickerbulb.toread.txt"
try
set prefFile to ((path to preferences as text) & "com.flickerbulb.toread.txt")
open for access file prefFile with write permission
set prefs to read file prefFile using delimiter {return}
close access file prefFile
set usernamePasswordString to item 1 of prefs
set tagsString to item 2 of prefs
on error e
close access file prefFile
end try
on error
set username to text returned of (display dialog "Please enter your Delicious username" default answer "username")
set pass to text returned of (display dialog "Please enter your Delicious password" default answer "password")
set tags to text returned of (display dialog "Please enter any desired default tags" default answer "toread ")
try
set prefFile to ((path to preferences as text) & "com.flickerbulb.toread.txt")
open for access file prefFile with write permission
set eof of file prefFile to 0
write username & ":" & pass & {return} & tags to file prefFile
close access file prefFile
on error e
close access file prefFile
end try
set usernamePasswordString to username & ":" & pass
set tagsString to tags & " "
end try
end checkUsernameAndPassword
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