github2 way might be overkill...

convore/request.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+	convore.request
+	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+	This module implements the main Convore request system.
+
+	:copyright: (c) 2011 by Kenneth Reitz.
+	:license: ISC, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import httplib
+try:
+	import simplejson as json
+except ImportError:
+	import json
+
+from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse
+try:
+	from urlparse import parse_qs
+except ImportError:
+	from cgi import parse_qs
+from urllib import urlencode
+
+
+
+CONVORE_URL = "https://convore.com"
+URL_PREFIX = "https://convore.com/api/"
+
+
+class ConvoreError(Exception):
+	"""An error occured while making a request to the Convore API."""
+
+
+class ConvoreRequest(object):
+	convore_url = CONVORE_URL
+	url_format = "%(convore_url)s/api/%(api_format)s"
+	api_format = "json"
+	ConvoreError = ConvoreError
+
+	def __init__(self, username, password, url_prefix=None):
+		self.username = username
+		self.password = password
+
+		if not self.url_prefix:
+			self.url_prefix = self.url_format % {
+				'convore_url': self.convore_url,
+				'api_format': self.api_format
+			}
+
+	def get(self, *path_components):
+		path_components = filter(None, path_components)
+
+	def post(self, *path_components, **extra_post_data):
+		return self.make_request("/".join(path_components), extra_post_data,
+			method="POST")
+
+	def make_request(self, path, extra_post_data=None, method="GET"):
+		extra_post_data = extra_post_data or {}
+		url = "/".join([self.url_prefix, path])
+		return self.raw_request(url, extra_post_data, method=method)
+