ubuntu-dev-tools/lp-shell

#!/usr/bin/python -i

# open an interactive launchpadlib Python shell. If the first command line
# argument is "staging", this will be on staging instead of production.

# Author: Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>
# Copyright: (C) 2010 Canonical Ltd.
#
# This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, at version 2.
# 
# This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.

import code, os, sys

from launchpadlib.launchpad import Launchpad
from launchpadlib.uris import lookup_service_root

instance = 'edge'
if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
    try:
        instance = lookup_service_root(sys.argv[1])
    except ValueError, err:
        print 'E: %s' % (err)
        print 'W: Falling back to "edge"'

lp = Launchpad.login_with('test', instance)

# Disable default apport hook, as lp-shell is intended for interactive use
# and thus exceptions often bubble up to the top level.
sys.excepthook = sys.__excepthook__