twitter-post-status.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

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# twitter-post-status
#  - posts a status message to your timeline
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from twitter import *

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# what should our new status be?
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new_status = "testing testing"

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# load our API credentials
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import sys

sys.path.append(".")
import config

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# create twitter API object
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twitter = Twitter(auth=OAuth(config.access_key,
                             config.access_secret,
                             config.consumer_key,
                             config.consumer_secret))

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# post a new status
# twitter API docs: https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/post/statuses/update
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results = twitter.statuses.update(status=new_status)
print("updated status: %s" % new_status)