working google auth

reader.py

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+#
+# class to authenticate to google and get items from
+# google reader
+#
+#
+import urllib
+import urllib2
+import re
+
+class GoogleReader:
+    ''' class for connecting to google'''
+    def __init__(self, login, password):
+        self.login = login
+        self.password = password
+        self.authurl = "https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin"
+        self.sid = ""
+        self.re_username = re.compile("Auth=")
+        
+    def authenticate(self,login,password):
+        ''' method to authenticate to google'''
+        parameters = {'Email' : login,'Passwd' : password,'accountType' : 'HOSTED_OR_GOOGLE',
+                        'service' : 'reader', 'source' : 'googlereader2instapaper' }
+        headerdata = urllib.urlencode(parameters)
+        try:
+            request = urllib2.Request(self.authurl, headerdata)
+            response = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+            return response
+        except IOError, e:
+            return -1