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fdbae010 | 1 | Python Twitter Tools |
a65893e4 | 2 | ==================== |
fdbae010 | 3 | |
f1a8ed67 | 4 | The Minimalist Twitter API for Python is a Python API for Twitter, |
5 | everyone's favorite Web 2.0 Facebook-style status updater for people | |
6 | on the go. | |
fdbae010 | 7 | |
f1a8ed67 | 8 | Also included is a twitter command-line tool for getting your friends' |
9 | tweets and setting your own tweet from the safety and security of your | |
5b8b1ead | 10 | favorite shell and an IRC bot that can announce Twitter updates to an |
f1a8ed67 | 11 | IRC channel. |
fdbae010 | 12 | |
a65893e4 | 13 | For more information, after installing the `twitter` egg: |
fdbae010 | 14 | |
15 | * import the `twitter` package and run help() on it | |
16 | * run `twitter -h` for command-line tool help | |
17 | * run `twitterbot -h` for IRC bot help | |
8be9a740 | 18 | * visit http://mike.verdone.ca/twitter for more info |
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22 | The Command-Line Tool | |
23 | ===================== | |
24 | ||
25 | The command-line tool currently supports the following things: | |
26 | ||
27 | * view your friends' recent tweets | |
28 | * view your recent replies | |
29 | * view the public timeline | |
30 | * follow and unfollow (leave) friends | |
31 | * various output formats for tweet information | |
32 | * read your username and password from a config file | |
33 | ||
34 | The bottom line: type `twitter`, receive tweets. | |
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38 | The IRC Bot | |
39 | =========== | |
40 | ||
41 | The IRC bot is associated with a twitter account (either your own account or an | |
42 | account you create for the bot). The bot announces all tweets from friends | |
43 | it is following. It can be made to follow or leave friends through IRC /msg | |
44 | commands. | |
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8be9a740 | 46 | Python Twitter Tools are released under an MIT License. |