Yes I know this is an old post but since it is essentially what I seek no sense it creating a new post when this one works but just needs to be brought up to date.
While I do know how to program in many programming languages, sorry to say Ruby is not one. Was wondering if there are newer are better answers to this question.
Interact with Discourse from Python?
As a side question, can Discourse Plugins and/or themes be created using Python?