twitter [action] [options]
ACTIONS:
-
+ follow add the specified user to your follow list
friends get latest tweets from your friends (default action)
+ help print this help text that you are currently reading
+ leave remove the specified user from your following list
public get latest public tweets
replies get latest replies
set set your twitter status
-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)
+ file (default ~/.twitter)
+ -l --length <count> specify number of status updates shown
+ (default: 20, max: 200)
+ -t --timestamp show time before status lines
+ -d --datestamp shoe date before status lines
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?
+ urls nothing but URLs
+ ansi ansi colour (rainbow mode)
CONFIG FILES
- The config file should contain your email and password like so:
+ The config file should contain a [twitter] header, and all the desired options
+ you wish to set, like so:
[twitter]
email: <username>
password: <password>
+format: <desired_default_format_for_output>
"""
import sys
import time
-from getopt import getopt
+from getopt import getopt, GetoptError
from getpass import getpass
import re
import os.path
from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
from api import Twitter, TwitterError
+import ansi
+
+# Please don't change this, it was provided by the fine folks at Twitter.
+# If you change it, it will not work.
+AGENT_STR = "twittercommandlinetoolpy"
-options = {
+OPTIONS = {
'email': None,
'password': None,
'action': 'friends',
'refresh_rate': 600,
'format': 'default',
'config_filename': os.environ.get('HOME', '') + os.sep + '.twitter',
+ 'length': 20,
+ 'timestamp': False,
+ 'datestamp': False,
'extra_args': []
}
def parse_args(args, options):
long_opts = ['email', 'password', 'help', 'format', 'refresh',
- 'refresh-rate', 'config']
- short_opts = "e:p:f:h?rR:c:"
- opts, extra_args = getopt(args, short_opts, long_opts)
-
+ 'refresh-rate', 'config', 'length', 'timestamp', 'datestamp']
+ short_opts = "e:p:f:h?rR:c:l:td"
+ opts, extra_args = getopt(args, short_opts, long_opts)
+
for opt, arg in opts:
if opt in ('-e', '--email'):
options['email'] = arg
options['refresh'] = True
elif opt in ('-R', '--refresh-rate'):
options['refresh_rate'] = int(arg)
+ elif opt in ('-l', '--length'):
+ options["length"] = int(arg)
+ elif opt in ('-t', '--timestamp'):
+ options["timestamp"] = True
+ elif opt in ('-d', '--datestamp'):
+ options["datestamp"] = True
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]
options['extra_args'] = extra_args[1:]
+
+def get_time_string(status, options):
+ timestamp = options["timestamp"]
+ datestamp = options["datestamp"]
+ t = time.strptime(status['created_at'], "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S +0000 %Y")
+ if timestamp and datestamp:
+ return time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ", t)
+ elif timestamp:
+ return time.strftime("%H:%M:%S ", t)
+ elif datestamp:
+ return time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d ", t)
+ return ""
class StatusFormatter(object):
def __call__(self, status):
- return (u"%s %s" %(
+ return (u"%S%s %s" %(
+ get_time_string(status, options),
status['user']['screen_name'], status['text']))
+class AnsiStatusFormatter(object):
+ def __init__(self):
+ self._colourMap = ansi.ColourMap()
+
+ def __call__(self, status, options):
+ colour = self._colourMap.colourFor(status['user']['screen_name'])
+ return (u"%s%s%s%s %s" %(
+ get_time_string(status, options),
+ ansi.cmdColour(colour), status['user']['screen_name'],
+ ansi.cmdReset(), status['text']))
+
class VerboseStatusFormatter(object):
- def __call__(self, status):
+ def __call__(self, status, options):
return (u"-- %s (%s) on %s\n%s\n" %(
status['user']['screen_name'],
status['user']['location'],
class URLStatusFormatter(object):
urlmatch = re.compile(r'https?://\S+')
- def __call__(self, status):
+ def __call__(self, status, options):
urls = self.urlmatch.findall(status['text'])
return u'\n'.join(urls) if urls else ""
-formatters = {
+class AdminFormatter(object):
+ def __call__(self, action, user):
+ user_str = u"%s (%s)" %(user['screen_name'], user['name'])
+ if action == "follow":
+ return u"You are now following %s.\n" %(user_str)
+ else:
+ return u"You are no longer following %s.\n" %(user_str)
+
+class VerboseAdminFormatter(object):
+ def __call__(self, action, user):
+ return(u"-- %s: %s (%s): %s" % (
+ "Following" if action == "follow" else "Leaving",
+ user['screen_name'],
+ user['name'],
+ user['url']))
+
+status_formatters = {
'default': StatusFormatter,
'verbose': VerboseStatusFormatter,
- 'urls': URLStatusFormatter
+ 'urls': URLStatusFormatter,
+ 'ansi': AnsiStatusFormatter
}
-
+
+admin_formatters = {
+ 'default': AdminFormatter,
+ 'verbose': VerboseAdminFormatter,
+ 'urls': AdminFormatter,
+ 'ansi': AdminFormatter
+}
+
def get_status_formatter(options):
- sf = formatters.get(options['format'])
+ sf = status_formatters.get(options['format'])
+ if (not sf):
+ raise TwitterError(
+ "Unknown formatter '%s'" %(options['format']))
+ return sf()
+
+def get_admin_formatter(options):
+ sf = admin_formatters.get(options['format'])
if (not sf):
raise TwitterError(
"Unknown formatter '%s'" %(options['format']))
print >> sys.stderr, "No such action: ", options['action']
sys.exit(1)
+def printNicely(string):
+ if sys.stdout.encoding:
+ print string.encode(sys.stdout.encoding, 'replace')
+ else:
+ print string.encode('utf-8')
+
class StatusAction(Action):
def __call__(self, twitter, options):
- statuses = self.getStatuses(twitter)
+ statuses = self.getStatuses(twitter, options)
sf = get_status_formatter(options)
for status in statuses:
- statusStr = sf(status)
+ statusStr = sf(status, options)
if statusStr.strip():
- print statusStr.encode(sys.stdout.encoding, 'replace')
-
+ printNicely(statusStr)
+
+class AdminAction(Action):
+ def __call__(self, twitter, options):
+ if not options['extra_args'][0]:
+ raise TwitterError("You need to specify a user (screen name)")
+ af = get_admin_formatter(options)
+ try:
+ user = self.getUser(twitter, options['extra_args'][0])
+ except TwitterError, e:
+ print "There was a problem following or leaving the specified user."
+ print " You may be trying to follow a user you are already following;"
+ print " Leaving a user you are not currently following;"
+ print " Or the user may not exist."
+ print " Sorry."
+ print
+ print e
+ else:
+ printNicely(af(options['action'], user))
+
class FriendsAction(StatusAction):
- def getStatuses(self, twitter):
- return reversed(twitter.statuses.friends_timeline())
-
+ def getStatuses(self, twitter, options):
+ return reversed(twitter.statuses.friends_timeline(count=options["length"]))
+
class PublicAction(StatusAction):
- def getStatuses(self, twitter):
- return reversed(twitter.statuses.public_timeline())
+ def getStatuses(self, twitter, options):
+ return reversed(twitter.statuses.public_timeline(count=options["length"]))
class RepliesAction(StatusAction):
- def getStatuses(self, twitter):
- return reversed(twitter.statuses.replies())
+ def getStatuses(self, twitter, options):
+ return reversed(twitter.statuses.replies(count=options["length"]))
+
+class FollowAction(AdminAction):
+ def getUser(self, twitter, user):
+ return twitter.friendships.create(id=user)
+
+class LeaveAction(AdminAction):
+ def getUser(self, twitter, user):
+ return twitter.friendships.destroy(id=user)
class SetStatusAction(Action):
def __call__(self, twitter, options):
status = (statusTxt.encode('utf8', 'replace'))
twitter.statuses.update(status=status)
+class HelpAction(Action):
+ def __call__(self, twitter, options):
+ print __doc__
+
actions = {
+ 'follow': FollowAction,
'friends': FriendsAction,
+ 'help': HelpAction,
+ 'leave': LeaveAction,
'public': PublicAction,
'replies': RepliesAction,
'set': SetStatusAction,
}
def loadConfig(filename):
- email = None
- password = None
+ options = dict(OPTIONS)
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
+ for option in ('email', 'password', 'format'):
+ if cp.has_option('twitter', option):
+ options[option] = cp.get('twitter', option)
+ return options
-def main():
- return main_with_args(sys.argv[1:])
-
-def main_with_args(args):
- parse_args(args, options)
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+ arg_options = {}
+ try:
+ parse_args(args, arg_options)
+ except GetoptError, e:
+ print >> sys.stderr, "I can't do that, %s." %(e)
+ print >> sys.stderr
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+ config_options = loadConfig(
+ arg_options.get('config_filename') or OPTIONS.get('config_filename'))
- email, password = loadConfig(options['config_filename'])
- if not options['email']: options['email'] = email
- if not options['password']: options['password'] = password
+ # Apply the various options in order, the most important applied last.
+ # Defaults first, then what's read from config file, then command-line
+ # arguments.
+ options = dict(OPTIONS)
+ for d in config_options, arg_options:
+ for k,v in d.items():
+ if v: options[k] = v
- if options['refresh'] and options['action'] == 'set':
- print >> sys.stderr, "You can't repeatedly set your status, silly"
+ if options['refresh'] and options['action'] not in (
+ 'friends', 'public', 'replies'):
+ print >> sys.stderr, "You can only refresh the friends, public, or replies actions."
print >> sys.stderr, "Use 'twitter -h' for help."
sys.exit(1)
+
if options['email'] and not options['password']:
options['password'] = getpass("Twitter password: ")
- twitter = Twitter(options['email'], options['password'])
+
+ twitter = Twitter(options['email'], options['password'], agent=AGENT_STR)
action = actions.get(options['action'], NoSuchAction)()
+
try:
doAction = lambda : action(twitter, options)
- if (options['refresh']):
+
+ if (options['refresh'] and isinstance(action, StatusAction)):
while True:
doAction()
time.sleep(options['refresh_rate'])
else:
doAction()
+
except TwitterError, e:
print >> sys.stderr, e.args[0]
print >> sys.stderr, "Use 'twitter -h' for help."
sys.exit(1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
-