def tweet_message(parrot, message, id_sqs): twitter = Twitter() twitter.create_client(parrot.oauth_token, parrot.oauth_token_secret) trackable_url = create_trackable_url(id_sqs) headers, body = twitter.post("https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json", {"status": message.get('text')+" "+trackable_url}) return json.loads(body)