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How to update twitter account with python

category: programming Tags : django python tips twitter

To update your twitter account via python you can use the python-twitter api.
Download it and unzip it within your PYTHONPATH ( you can do it inside a django project ... i think so). In the python interpreter you can :

 api = twitter.Api(username='', password='')
 message = 'hello twitter from python'
 status = api.PostUpdate(message)

and go check your twitter account. Dont forget to enter username and password.

In django i put that code inside my save function in Entry model so when i save an Entry i update twitter, check it:

def save(self, force_insert=False,force_update=False):
    self.body_html = markdown(self.body)
    if self.excerpt:
        self.excerpt_html = markdown(self.excerpt)
    super(Entry, self).save(force_insert,force_update)

    import twitter
    try:
        api = twitter.Api(username='', password='')
        message = self.title+" "+"http://gkomninos.com"+self.get_absolute_url()
        status = api.PostUpdate(message)
    except Exception:
        pass
    try:
        ping_google()
    except Exception:
        # Bare 'except' because we could get a variety
        # of HTTP-related exceptions.
        pass

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