in a while (default: every 5 minutes)
-R --refresh-rate <rate> set the refresh rate (in seconds)
-f --format <format> specify the output format for status updates
+ -c --config <filename> read username and password from given config
+ file (default ~/.twitter)
FORMATS for the --format option
default one line per status
verbose multiple lines per status, more verbose status info
urls nothing but URLs. Dare you click them?
+
+CONFIG FILES
+
+ The config file should contain your email and password like so:
+
+[twitter]
+email: <username>
+password: <password>
"""
import sys
from getopt import getopt
from getpass import getpass
import re
+import os.path
+from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
from api import Twitter, TwitterError
'refresh': False,
'refresh_rate': 600,
'format': 'default',
+ 'config_filename': os.environ.get('HOME', '') + os.sep + '.twitter',
'extra_args': []
}
def parse_args(args, options):
long_opts = ['email', 'password', 'help', 'format', 'refresh',
- 'refresh-rate']
- short_opts = "e:p:f:h?rR:"
+ 'refresh-rate', 'config']
+ short_opts = "e:p:f:h?rR:c:"
opts, extra_args = getopt(args, short_opts, long_opts)
for opt, arg in opts:
elif opt in ('-?', '-h', '--help'):
print __doc__
sys.exit(0)
+ elif opt in ('-c', '--config'):
+ options['config_filename'] = arg
if extra_args:
options['action'] = extra_args[0]
class SetStatusAction(Action):
def __call__(self, twitter, options):
- status = (u" ".join(options['extra_args'])).encode(
- 'utf8', 'replace')
+ statusTxt = (u" ".join(options['extra_args'])
+ if options['extra_args']
+ else unicode(raw_input("message: ")))
+ status = (statusTxt.encode('utf8', 'replace'))
twitter.statuses.update(status=status)
actions = {
'set': SetStatusAction,
}
+def loadConfig(filename):
+ email = None
+ password = None
+ if os.path.exists(filename):
+ cp = SafeConfigParser()
+ cp.read([filename])
+ email = cp.get('twitter', 'email', None)
+ password = cp.get('twitter', 'password', None)
+ return email, password
def main():
return main_with_args(sys.argv[1:])
def main_with_args(args):
parse_args(args, options)
+
+ email, password = loadConfig(options['config_filename'])
+ if not options['email']: options['email'] = email
+ if not options['password']: options['password'] = password
+
if options['refresh'] and options['action'] == 'set':
print >> sys.stderr, "You can't repeatedly set your status, silly"
print >> sys.stderr, "Use 'twitter -h' for help."
else:
doAction()
except TwitterError, e:
- print >> sys.stderr, e.message
+ print >> sys.stderr, e.args[0]
print >> sys.stderr, "Use 'twitter -h' for help."
sys.exit(1)
except KeyboardInterrupt: