Put your shared items into a tag so they are searchable

# http://blog.martindoms.com/2010/01/20/using-the-google-reader-api-part-3/

import json
from mekk.greader import GoogleReaderClient

user = 'google_reader_login'
password = 'google_reader_password'
shared_item_file_location = '/whereever/you/put/it/shared-items.json'
SHARED_ITEM_TAG_NAME = 'MySharedItems'


def update_shared_items(user, password, shared_item_file_location, shared_item_tag_name, shared_items=None):
    if shared_items is None:
        with open(shared_item_file_location, 'r') as f:
            shared_items = json.loads(f.read())

    items = shared_items['items']
    c = GoogleReaderClient(user, password)

    EDIT_TAG_URL = "http://www.google.com/reader/api/0/edit-tag?client=scroll"
    NEW_SHARED_TAG = ' user/-/label/' + SHARED_ITEM_TAG_NAME

    for idx, item in enumerate(reversed(items)):  # reversed to preserve ordering
        item_tag = item['id']
        item_feed = item['origin']['streamId']
        print 'idx=%s, item_tag=%r, item_feed=%r' % (idx, item_tag, item_feed)
        post_data = dict(a=NEW_SHARED_TAG, s=item_feed, i=item_tag, T=c._get_token())
        c._make_call(EDIT_TAG_URL, post_data=post_data)
    print 'Done!'


update_shared_items(user, password, shared_item_file_location, SHARED_ITEM_TAG_NAME)