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post2discord.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# post2discord.py
+# A smple Python script to post/update a message on Discord via Webhook
+#
+# This program 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, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# This program 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.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import json
+import argparse
+import requests
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='post or update a message on a Discord webhook, returns message.id on success')
+parser.add_argument ('url', help='webhook URL')
+parser.add_argument ('message', help='"the message contents"')
+parser.add_argument ('--id', help='message.id to update')
+parser.add_argument ('--username', help='override the default username of the webhook, will be ignored by Discord if we are updating')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+data = { 'content': args.message }
+if args.username:  data['username'] = args.username
+
+if args.id is None:
+	response = requests.post(args.url+'?wait=true',data)
+else:
+	response = requests.patch(args.url+'/messages/'+args.id+'?wait=true',data)
+
+if response.ok:
+	jsonres = response.json()
+	print(jsonres['id'])
+else:
+	print('%s: %s',response.status_code, response.text)