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1 | Python Twitter Tools | |
2 | ==================== | |
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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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21 | ||
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. |