def tw_show(id, format='json'):
"""
Show a status
id -- the tweet id to show
format -- format of the resulting request
"""
client = pytwitter(username=settings.TWITTER_ACCOUNT, password=settings.TWITTER_PASSWORD, format=format)
return client.statuses_show(id=id)
def tw_timeline(format='json'):
"""
Get the user timeline, documentation here: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#usertimeline
format -- format of the resulting request
"""
if format != 'json' and format != 'xml':
raise TwitterError('incorrect twitter API format output')
client = pytwitter(username=settings.TWITTER_ACCOUNT, password=settings.TWITTER_PASSWORD, format=format)
return client.statuses_user_timeline(id=settings.TWITTER_ACCOUNT)
def tw_post(update, format='json'):
"""
Post a twitter update
update -- update content
format -- format of the resulting request
"""
if format != 'json' and format != 'xml':
raise TwitterError('incorrect twitter API format output')
if len(update) > 140:
raise TwitterError('The tweet is to big... we only accept 140 chars per tweet :)')
client = pytwitter(username=settings.TWITTER_ACCOUNT, password=settings.TWITTER_PASSWORD, format=format)
return client.statuses_update(status=update)
def handle_noargs(self, **options):
updated_users = 0
api = pytwitter.pytwitter()
twitter_users = TwitterUser.objects.all().order_by('updated_on')
for twitter_user in twitter_users:
print "Checking user: %s" % twitter_user.screen_name
try:
user_details_json = api.users_show(id=twitter_user.screen_name)
twitter_user.update_from_twitter(simplejson.loads(user_details_json))
# TODO: this should check to see if the user really needs to be saved again
twitter_user.save()
updated_users += 1
except pytwitter.TwitterError, e:
if e.code == 404:
pass
# FIXME!!
# GETTING EXCEPTION:
# AttributeError: 'TwitterUser' object has no attribute 'statuses'
# print "Deleting hidden user or suspended user (%s): %s" % (e.error, twitter_user.screen_name)
# twitter_user.statuses.all().delete()
# twitter_user.delete()
else:
print "Exception for %s: %s" % (twitter_user.screen_name.encode('utf-8', 'xmlcharrefreplace'), e)
#!/usr/bin/env python import sys """To use: $ echo "I ate too much" | ./Update_friedcode.py """ U = 'friedcode' P = <something something> import pytwitter client = pytwitter.pytwitter(username=U, password=P) status_update = sys.stdin.read().strip()[:140] client.statuses_update(status=status_update)