If you'd like a convenient way of searching the DejaNews archive using Python, I'm happy to present the DejaGrabber module. This is a module to make searching Dejanews easier. There are two classes, DejaGrabber and Article. I've tried to add a reasonable number of useful docstrings, too. The interface to DejaGrabber could probably use a bit of work. If I ever use it enough to find out what the flaws are, I will fix it. Patches are welcome. :) Here's an example:
from DejaGrabber import * d = DejaGrabber(group='comp.lang.python', author='Tim Peters') l = d.get_messages(4) print l [99/06/23 30 comp.lang.python RE: Python Exes! Tim Peters , 99/06/18 28 comp.lang.python RE: Newbie: Truth values (th Tim Peters , 99/06/18 28 comp.lang.python RE: DATE ARITHMETIC Tim Peters , 99/06/18 28 comp.lang.python RE: NameError Problem Tim Peters , 99/05/18 25 comp.lang.python RE: while (a=b()) ... Tim Peters ]
You can grab a copy at http://www.sff.net/people/neelk/free-software/DejaGrabber.py Neel <P><A HREF="http://www.sff.net/people/neelk/free-software/DejaGrabber.py"> DejaGrabber 0.1</A> - search Dejanews with Python. (24-Jun-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce@python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------