X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/z_archive/twitter.git/blobdiff_plain/5b8b1ead1da0efc7d9362beee75a8a71944a5c11..4f8b921564da2d1b11ab154e58d068241cd59895:/README diff --git a/README b/README index e28beb3..3d6b180 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ Python Twitter Tools +==================== The Minimalist Twitter API for Python is a Python API for Twitter, everyone's favorite Web 2.0 Facebook-style status updater for people @@ -9,11 +10,49 @@ tweets and setting your own tweet from the safety and security of your favorite shell and an IRC bot that can announce Twitter updates to an IRC channel. -For more information: +For more information, after installing the `twitter` package: * import the `twitter` package and run help() on it * run `twitter -h` for command-line tool help * run `twitterbot -h` for IRC bot help * visit http://mike.verdone.ca/twitter for more info + + +The Command-Line Tool +===================== + +The command-line tool currently supports the following things: + + * view your friends' recent tweets + * view your recent replies + * view the public timeline + * follow and unfollow (leave) friends + * view tweets from lists + * various output formats for tweet information + * read your username and password from a config file + +The bottom line: type `twitter`, receive tweets. + + + +The IRC Bot +=========== + +The IRC bot is associated with a twitter account (either your own account or an +account you create for the bot). The bot announces all tweets from friends +it is following. It can be made to follow or leave friends through IRC /msg +commands. + + + +twitter-log +=========== + +`twitter-log` is a simple command-line tool that dumps all public +tweets from a given user in a simple text format. It is useful to get +a complete offsite backup of all your tweets. Run `twitter-log` and +read the instructions. + + Python Twitter Tools are released under an MIT License.