| | 1 | Python Twitter Tools |
| | 2 | ==================== |
| | 3 | |
| | 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. |
| | 7 | |
| | 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 |
| | 10 | favorite shell and an IRC bot that can announce Twitter updates to an |
| | 11 | IRC channel. |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | For more information, after installing the `twitter` package: |
| | 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 |
| | 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 | * view tweets from lists |
| | 32 | * various output formats for tweet information |
| | 33 | * read your username and password from a config file |
| | 34 | |
| | 35 | The bottom line: type `twitter`, receive tweets. |
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| | 38 | |
| | 39 | The IRC Bot |
| | 40 | =========== |
| | 41 | |
| | 42 | The IRC bot is associated with a twitter account (either your own account or an |
| | 43 | account you create for the bot). The bot announces all tweets from friends |
| | 44 | it is following. It can be made to follow or leave friends through IRC /msg |
| | 45 | commands. |
| | 46 | |
| | 47 | |
| | 48 | |
| | 49 | twitter-log |
| | 50 | =========== |
| | 51 | |
| | 52 | `twitter-log` is a simple command-line tool that dumps all public |
| | 53 | tweets from a given user in a simple text format. It is useful to get |
| | 54 | a complete offsite backup of all your tweets. Run `twitter-log` and |
| | 55 | read the instructions. |
| | 56 | |
| | 57 | |
| | 58 | Python Twitter Tools are released under an MIT License. |
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