class Twitter(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
# Initialise GUI
QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
self.ui = Ui_twitter_client()
self.ui.setupUi(self)
# set character limit for text box; set status and login info
self.max = 140
self.uid = '' # add username here
self.pwd = '' # add password here
self.updateLabel()
# set up signals and slots
QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.button_post, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.postTweet)
QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.textEdit, QtCore.SIGNAL("textChanged()"), self.updateLabel)
QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.users_rec, QtCore.SIGNAL("selectionChanged()"), self.rec_user_list)
# define posting URLs
self.twitUpdate = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml'
self.twitCloser = 'http://twitter.com/account/end_session'
# instantiate a class with methods for getting recommended users
self.rec = RecommendedUsers(self.uid, self.pwd)
def postTweet(self):
# convert text in GUI text box to plain text
mesg = self.ui.textEdit.toPlainText()
# convert text into a url-encoded string so it can be used as a POST request
post = urllib.urlencode({ 'status' : mesg })
try:
http = httplib2.Http()
# override the default (no exceptions, status in response)
http.force_exception_to_status_code = False
# provide a name and password for authentication
http.add_credentials(self.uid, self.pwd)
# post status update to Twitter page
(resp, content) = http.request(self.twitUpdate, 'POST', post)
# if successful, say so
if resp and resp.status == 200:
self.ui.status.setText('Twitter updated!')
# if not, say so
else:
raise httplib2.HttpLib2Error, 'No response'
except httplib2.HttpLib2Error, ex:
print ex
self.ui.status.setText(ex.__str__())
# end Twitter session
http.request(self.twitCloser)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
# Initialise GUI
QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
self.ui = Ui_twitter_client()
self.ui.setupUi(self)
# set character limit for text box; set status and login info
self.max = 140
self.uid = '' # add username here
self.pwd = '' # add password here
self.updateLabel()
# set up signals and slots
QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.button_post, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.postTweet)
QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.textEdit, QtCore.SIGNAL("textChanged()"), self.updateLabel)
QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.users_rec, QtCore.SIGNAL("selectionChanged()"), self.rec_user_list)
# define posting URLs
self.twitUpdate = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml'
self.twitCloser = 'http://twitter.com/account/end_session'
# instantiate a class with methods for getting recommended users
self.rec = RecommendedUsers(self.uid, self.pwd)
