Event Types

The following is a description of the event types you can post to a stream.

Text

A text event may contain text for pretty much any purpose.

The following is an example that posts text messages to a stream (Ctrl+C to exit):

from inthing import Stream
stream = Stream.new()
stream.browse()
while 1:
    stream.text(raw_input('type something: '))

You could adapt this quite easily to create a realtime chat system on the web.

The text method also has a markup parameter which sets the markup for the text. By default it is markdown, which means you can easily insert formatting. Here’s an example:

stream.text('**Bold** and *italic*')

You can also set the markup parameter to text, bbcode or html. But note that Inthing.io will strip out any potentially dangerous HTML markup (so no script tags)!

See inthing.Stream.screenshot() for details.

Code

A code event contains source code which you can share and comment on. If you have a piece of code you are particularily proud of, you can post it to Inthing.io. It will be nicely syntax highlighted. A variety of languages are supported.

Here’s how you might post source code to a stream:

my_stream.code('cool.py', language="python", title="I wrote cool.py")

See inthing.Stream.code() for details.

Image

An image event contains an image, typically a photo.

Here’s how you would post the file alien1.jpg:

my_stream.image('./alien1.jpg', description="Alien Autopsy!")

See inthing.Stream.image() for details.

Screenshots

A screenshot event is a special kind of image event that contains a screenshot. Calling inthing.Stream.screenshot() will capture a screenshot of your desktop and add the event to your Stream.

Here’s how you would upload a screenshot after 5 seconds:

my_stream.screenshot(title=”My Desktop!”, delay=5)

Warning

Be careful with this event, you wouldn’t want to screenshot any passwords or nuclear launch codes!

See inthing.Stream.screenshot() for details.