#! /usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- from optparse import OptionParser from twitter import Api, Status def main(): parser = OptionParser() #parser.add_option("-m", "--message", dest="message", metavar="MESSAGE", # help="Status message to post to Twitter", metavar="MESSAGE") parser.add_option("-u", "--username", dest="username", metavar="USERNAME", help="The username to post as, required for authentication.") parser.add_option("-p", "--password", dest="password", metavar="PASSWORD", help="The password for the username, required for authentication.") (options, args) = parser.parse_args() if len(args) == 0: parser.error("You haven't provided a message.") if not options.username or not options.password: parser.error("You need to supply a username and a password.") message = args[0] api = Api(username=options.username, password=options.password) status = api.PostUpdate(message) if not status: print "There was a problem posting your status." else: print "Successfully posted your status!" if __name__ == "__main__": main()