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
+ shell login the twitter shell
OPTIONS:
-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 a [twitter] header, 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>
+prompt: <twitter_shell_prompt e.g. '[cyan]twitter[R]> '>
"""
import sys
import time
-from getopt import getopt
+from getopt import gnu_getopt as getopt, GetoptError
from getpass import getpass
import re
import os.path
from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
+import datetime
from api import Twitter, TwitterError
+import ansi
-options = {
+# 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 = {
'email': None,
'password': None,
'action': 'friends',
'refresh': False,
'refresh_rate': 600,
'format': 'default',
+ 'prompt': '[cyan]twitter[R]> ',
'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['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)
+ options['action'] = 'help'
elif opt in ('-c', '--config'):
options['config_filename'] = arg
- if extra_args:
+ if extra_args and not ('action' in options and options['action'] == 'help'):
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")
+ i_hate_timezones = time.timezone
+ if (time.daylight):
+ i_hate_timezones = time.altzone
+ dt = datetime.datetime(*t[:-3]) - datetime.timedelta(
+ seconds=i_hate_timezones)
+ t = dt.timetuple()
+ 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" %(
+ def __call__(self, status, options):
+ 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 ""
class AdminFormatter(object):
def __call__(self, action, user):
- return(u"%s: %s" %(
- "Following" if action == "follow" else "Leaving", user['name']))
+ 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'],
+ "Following" if action == "follow" else "Leaving",
+ user['screen_name'],
user['name'],
user['url']))
-class URLAdminFormatter(object):
- def __call__(self, action, user):
- return("Admin actions do not support the URL formatter")
-
status_formatters = {
'default': StatusFormatter,
'verbose': VerboseStatusFormatter,
- 'urls': URLStatusFormatter
-}
+ 'urls': URLStatusFormatter,
+ 'ansi': AnsiStatusFormatter
+}
admin_formatters = {
'default': AdminFormatter,
'verbose': VerboseAdminFormatter,
- 'urls': URLAdminFormatter
+ 'urls': AdminFormatter,
+ 'ansi': AdminFormatter
}
def get_status_formatter(options):
return sf()
class Action(object):
+
+ def ask(self, subject='perform this action', careful=False):
+ '''
+ Requests fromt he user using `raw_input` if `subject` should be
+ performed. When `careful`, the default answer is NO, otherwise YES.
+ Returns the user answer in the form `True` or `False`.
+ '''
+ sample = '(y/N)'
+ if not careful:
+ sample = '(Y/n)'
+
+ prompt = 'You really want to %s %s? ' %(subject, sample)
+ try:
+ answer = raw_input(prompt).lower()
+ if careful:
+ return answer in ('yes', 'y')
+ else:
+ return answer not in ('no', 'n')
+ except EOFError:
+ print >>sys.stderr # Put Newline since Enter was never pressed
+ # TODO:
+ # Figure out why on OS X the raw_input keeps raising
+ # EOFError and is never able to reset and get more input
+ # Hint: Look at how IPython implements their console
+ default = True
+ if careful:
+ default = False
+ return default
+
+ def __call__(self, twitter, options):
+ action = actions.get(options['action'], NoSuchAction)()
+ try:
+ doAction = lambda : action(twitter, options)
+ if (options['refresh'] and isinstance(action, StatusAction)):
+ while True:
+ doAction()
+ time.sleep(options['refresh_rate'])
+ else:
+ doAction()
+ except KeyboardInterrupt:
+ print >>sys.stderr, '\n[Keyboard Interrupt]'
+ pass
+
+class NoSuchActionError(Exception):
pass
class NoSuchAction(Action):
def __call__(self, twitter, options):
- print >> sys.stderr, "No such action: ", options['action']
- sys.exit(1)
-
+ raise NoSuchActionError("No such action: %s" %(options['action']))
+
+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)")
+ if not (options['extra_args'] and options['extra_args'][0]):
+ raise TwitterError("You need to specify a user (screen name)")
af = get_admin_formatter(options)
- user = self.getUser(twitter, options['extra_args'][0])
- if(user):
- print af(options['action'], user).encode(sys.stdout.encoding, 'replace')
+ 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):
- # Twitter wants /notifications/follow/user.json?id=user
- return twitter.notifications.follow.__getattr__(user)(id=user)
+ return twitter.friendships.create(id=user)
class LeaveAction(AdminAction):
def getUser(self, twitter, user):
- return twitter.notifications.leave.__getattr__(user)(id=user)
+ return twitter.friendships.destroy(id=user)
class SetStatusAction(Action):
def __call__(self, twitter, options):
- statusTxt = (u" ".join(options['extra_args'])
- if options['extra_args']
+ 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)
+class TwitterShell(Action):
+
+ def render_prompt(self, prompt):
+ '''Parses the `prompt` string and returns the rendered version'''
+ prompt = prompt.strip("'").replace("\\'","'")
+ for colour in ansi.COLOURS_NAMED:
+ if '[%s]' %(colour) in prompt:
+ prompt = prompt.replace(
+ '[%s]' %(colour), ansi.cmdColourNamed(colour))
+ prompt = prompt.replace('[R]', ansi.cmdReset())
+ return prompt
+
+ def __call__(self, twitter, options):
+ prompt = self.render_prompt(options.get('prompt', 'twitter> '))
+ while True:
+ options['action'] = ""
+ try:
+ args = raw_input(prompt).split()
+ parse_args(args, options)
+ if not options['action']:
+ continue
+ elif options['action'] == 'exit':
+ raise SystemExit(0)
+ elif options['action'] == 'shell':
+ print >>sys.stderr, 'Sorry Xzibit does not work here!'
+ continue
+ elif options['action'] == 'help':
+ print >>sys.stderr, '''\ntwitter> `action`\n
+ The Shell Accepts all the command line actions along with:
+
+ exit Leave the twitter shell (^D may also be used)
+
+ Full CMD Line help is appended below for your convinience.'''
+ Action()(twitter, options)
+ options['action'] = ''
+ except NoSuchActionError, e:
+ print >>sys.stderr, e
+ except KeyboardInterrupt:
+ print >>sys.stderr, '\n[Keyboard Interrupt]'
+ except EOFError:
+ print >>sys.stderr
+ leaving = self.ask(subject='Leave')
+ if not leaving:
+ print >>sys.stderr, 'Excellent!'
+ else:
+ raise SystemExit(0)
+
+class HelpAction(Action):
+ def __call__(self, twitter, options):
+ print __doc__
+
actions = {
- 'follow': FollowAction,
- 'friends': FriendsAction,
- 'leave': LeaveAction,
- 'public': PublicAction,
- 'replies': RepliesAction,
- 'set': SetStatusAction,
+ 'follow' : FollowAction,
+ 'friends' : FriendsAction,
+ 'help' : HelpAction,
+ 'leave' : LeaveAction,
+ 'public' : PublicAction,
+ 'replies' : RepliesAction,
+ 'set' : SetStatusAction,
+ 'shell' : TwitterShell,
}
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
-
-def main():
- return main_with_args(sys.argv[1:])
-
-def main_with_args(args):
- parse_args(args, options)
+ for option in ('email', 'password', 'format', 'prompt'):
+ if cp.has_option('twitter', option):
+ options[option] = cp.get('twitter', option)
+ return options
- email, password = loadConfig(options['config_filename'])
- if not options['email']: options['email'] = email
- if not options['password']: options['password'] = password
-
- #Maybe check for AdminAction here, but whatever you do, don't write TODO
- if options['refresh'] and options['action'] == 'set':
- print >> sys.stderr, "You can't repeatedly set your status, silly"
+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
+ raise SystemExit(1)
+
+ config_options = loadConfig(
+ arg_options.get('config_filename') or OPTIONS.get('config_filename'))
+
+ # 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'] 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)
+ raise SystemExit(1)
+
if options['email'] and not options['password']:
options['password'] = getpass("Twitter password: ")
- twitter = Twitter(options['email'], options['password'])
- action = actions.get(options['action'], NoSuchAction)()
- try:
- doAction = lambda : action(twitter, options)
-
- if (options['refresh'] and isinstance(action, StatusAction)):
- while True:
- doAction()
- time.sleep(options['refresh_rate'])
- else:
- doAction()
+ twitter = Twitter(options['email'], options['password'], agent=AGENT_STR)
+ try:
+ Action()(twitter, options)
+ except NoSuchActionError, e:
+ print >>sys.stderr, e
+ raise SystemExit(1)
except TwitterError, e:
print >> sys.stderr, e.args[0]
print >> sys.stderr, "Use 'twitter -h' for help."
- sys.exit(1)
- except KeyboardInterrupt:
- pass
-
+ raise SystemExit(1)