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ptwit 0.0.7 (beta)
A simple twitter command line client

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pypm install ptwit

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version 0.0.7 on Jan 9th, 2014

Introduction

ptwit is a simple command-line-based Twitter client.

Screenshots
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Requirements

Installation

To install ptwit, simply:

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    $ pip install ptwit

Authorization

For the first time you run ptwit command, you will be asked for your Twitter application information, which you can find at https://dev.twitter.com/apps. If you don't have one, register at https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new.

You can also manually set your Twitter application information via the commands below:

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    $ ptwit config -g set consumer_key "CONSUMER KEY HERE"
    $ ptwit config -g set consumer_secret "CONSUMER SECRET HERE"

ptwit supports multiple Twitter accounts. You can always use the login command to log into a new account:

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    $ ptwit login

The command above will take you to the Twitter authorization page, and ask you to give a name for this account.

You can easily switch between accounts you've already authorized:

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    $ ptwit login ACCOUNT

To remove an account from your computer, use this command:

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    $ ptwit config remove ACCOUNT

Twitter Commands

Get home timeline

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    $ ptwit timeline            # latest tweets
    $ ptwit timeline -c 20      # latest 20 tweets
Get tweets of a Twitter user

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    $ ptwit tweets              # list your tweets
    $ ptwit tweets USER         # list someone's tweets
Get mentions or replies

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    $ ptwit mentions
    $ ptwit replies
Post a new tweet

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    $ ptwit post "YOUR STATUS"
    $ ptwit post < tweet.txt
Send direct message

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    $ ptwit send USER "YOUR MESSAGE"
    $ cat message.txt | ptwit send USER
List followings

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    $ ptwit followings
List followers

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    $ ptwit followers
Follow or unfollow Twitter users

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    $ ptwit follow USER
    $ ptwit unfollow USER
List your favorite tweets

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    $ ptwit faves
Get a Twitter user's information

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    $ ptwit whois USER
Search tweets

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    $ ptwit search TERM

LICENSE

ptwit is under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for full license text.

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Last updated Jan 9th, 2014

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