// Sets and views Twitter status
__author__="Andrew Pennebaker (andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com)"
__date__="17 Jun 2007 - 28 Jun 2007"
__copyright__="Copyright 2007 Andrew Pennebaker"
__license__="GPL"
__version__="0.0.1"
__credits__="Based on tweetyPy (http://muffinresearch.co.uk/archives/2007/03/24/tweetypy-python-based-cli-client-for-twitter/)"
__URL__="http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4150"
import sys, getopt, getpass, urllib, urllib2
import configreader
STATUS_MODE="STATUS"
VIEW_MODE="VIEW"
COMMAND_MODE="COMMAND"
COMMANDS="""Command\t\tMeaning
d username\tDirect Text
@username\tReply
follow username\tReceive updates via phone or IM
leave username\tStop following username
leave all\tStop following all friends
remove username\tRemove username from friends list
delete username\tDelete username from friends list
get username\tGet the last update from username
get\tGet the most recent updates from all friends
nudge username\tTwitter aks what the person is currently up to
whois username\tGet username's bio
add phonenumber\tSend text invite. If already a member, invite will turn into a friend request.
accept username\tAccept username as a friend
deny username\tDeny username as friend"""
def usage():
print "Usage: %s [options]" % (sys.argv[0])
print "\nWithout any options, uses status mode. Leftover args are concatenated to form message."
print "\n-u|--username <username> specified in tw.conf"
print "-s|--status mode"
print "-v|--view status"
print "-l|--list-commands List Twitter commands"
print "-c|--config <configfile>"
print "-h|--help"
sys.exit()
def set_status(settings, status):
auth=urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
auth.add_password(None, settings["rootauthurl"], settings["username"], settings["password"])
authHandler=urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(auth)
opener=urllib2.build_opener(authHandler)
url="http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml"
post=urllib.urlencode({"status":status})
request=urllib2.Request(url, post)
request.add_header("User-Agent", settings["useragent"])
try:
response=opener.open(request)
except IOError, e:
raise "Could not connect."
def view_status(settings):
url="http://twitter.com/"+settings["username"]
message=""
statusdelimeter1=settings["statusdelimeter1"]
statusdelimeter2=settings["statusdelimeter2"]
try:
instream=urllib.urlopen(url)
for line in instream:
if statusdelimeter1 in line:
message=line[
line.index(statusdelimeter1)+len(statusdelimeter1):line.index(statusdelimeter2)
]
break
instream.close()
return message
except IOError, e:
raise "Could not connect."
def main():
global STATUS_MODE
global VIEW_MODE
global COMMAND_MODE
global COMMANDS
sysArgs=sys.argv[1:]
mode=STATUS_MODE
settings={
"config":"tw.conf",
"username":"mcandre",
"rootauthurl":"http://twitter.com/statuses/",
"useragent":sys.argv[0]+" "+__version__,
"statusdelimeter1":"<p class=\"entry-title entry-content\">",
"statusdelimeter2":"</p>"
}
optlist, args=[], []
try:
optlist, args=getopt.getopt(sysArgs, "u:svlc:h", ["username=", "status", "view", "list-commands", "config=", "help"])
except:
usage()
for option, value in optlist:
if option=="-c" or option=="--config":
settings["config"]=value
try:
configreader.load(open(settings["config"], "r"), settings)
except IOError, e:
pass
for option, value in optlist:
if option=="-h" or option=="--help":
usage()
elif option=="-u" or option=="--username":
settings["username"]=value
elif option=="-s" or option=="--status":
mode=STATUS_MODE
elif option=="-v" or option=="--view":
mode=VIEW_MODE
elif option=="-l" or option=="--list=commands":
mode=COMMAND_MODE
if mode==STATUS_MODE:
if len(args)<1:
usage()
message=" ".join(args)
settings["password"]=getpass.getpass()
set_status(settings, message)
elif mode==VIEW_MODE:
print view_status(settings)
elif mode==COMMAND_MODE:
print COMMANDS
if __name__=="__main__":
try:
main()
except KeyboardInterrupt, e:
pass
