Fixes talkpython#53 for day 55-57 results in Type Error for __init__ + a couple of cleanups for this chapter.

Author: mikeckennedy

days/55-57-uplink/demo/blog_client.py

@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@
 class BlogClient(uplink.Consumer):
 
     def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__(base_url='http://consumer_services_api.talkpython.fm')
+        # Updating this to the latest SSL based version
+        # Should have redirected in code but not in many browsers oddly
+        # Hopefully it's just clearer having it here like this.
+        super().__init__(base_url='https://consumerservicesapi.talkpython.fm/')
 
     @uplink.get('/api/blog')
     def all_entries(self) -> requests.models.Response:
-        """ Get's all blog entries from the server. """
+        """ Gets all blog entries from the server. """
 
     @uplink.get('/api/blog/{post_id}')
     def entry_by_id(self, post_id) -> requests.models.Response:
@@ -27,13 +30,11 @@ def create_new_entry(self, title: str, content: str,
             published = datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()
 
         # noinspection PyTypeChecker
-        return self.__create_new_entry(
-            title=title,
-            content=content,
-            view_count=views,
-            published=published
-        )
+        resp = self.internal_create_new_entry(title=title, content=content, view_count=views, published=published)
+        return resp
 
+    # Note: For some reason, the name of this method was freaking out the latest version of
+    # uplink. So we just named it internal_. That's why it's different from the video.
     @uplink.post('/api/blog')
-    def __create_new_entry(self, **kwargs: uplink.Body) -> requests.models.Response:
+    def internal_create_new_entry(self, **kwargs: uplink.Body) -> requests.models.Response:
         """ Creates a new post. """

days/55-57-uplink/demo/program.py

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ def write_post():
     resp = svc.create_new_entry(title, content, view_count)
 
     print()
-    print("Created new post successfully: {}".format(resp.json().get('id')))
+    resp = resp.json()
+    print("Created new post successfully: {}".format(resp.get('id')))
     print()
 
 

days/55-57-uplink/demo/requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 requests
-uplink==0.4.0
+# Moving to the latest version of uplink to keep things fresh and relevant.
+uplink==0.9.4