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class StreamingMedia.StreamingMedia(system, config, stype=None)¶

StreamingMedia allows a <no title> to interact with any type of Streaming Media source, e.g., YouTube or MediaGoblin, by only focusing on the high level tasks to accomplish, and letting a sub class decide how to carry out those tasks for the specific site being used.

Parameters:

system: a <no title> object to communicate with the target system
config: a <no title> object holding all our configuration
stype: optionally the (string) name of the type of client to create, overriding anything in the config object

comment(msg)¶

Add a comment to the currently viewed media, if possible.

Parameters:

msg: the message to leave as a comment, which should be a string to be typed

consume(media)¶

Have the user consume the given media, whether by watching the video or listening to the music of whatever makes sense for this stream.

Parameters:

media: the identifier by which the User will find the desired media

consume_random()¶: Pick one of the available media options and consume it.

upload(path, title, description='', tags=(), extra=())¶

Uplaod a new piece of media to the site.

Parameters:

path: the string path to the file to upload
title: the string title of this piece of media
description: the optional string description of this media
tags: an optional list of strings that are the tags for this mdeia
extra: an optional argument that is for site specific extra info