rpitwit 0.2.0

Remote control your RaspberryPI from Twitter.

Installing RPITwit

Just extract the package and run:

sudo python setup.py install

Running on Raspberry PI

(Never run the rpitwit-daemon as root)

Execute the following command:

rpitwit

And follow the instructions.

To stop press Ctrl+C

Changing the list of authorized users:

Just start rpitwit with the '--ask-follow' parameter:

rpitwit --ask-follow

Configuration

The firs time that you run rpitwit is going to ask you for authorization on twitter, follow the instructions.

The script is going to ask you for the twitter usernames who are going to be able to execute scripts. Don't allow access to unknown people.

The configuration options are stored in ~/.rpitwit_config

You can modify the following options:

magicword: keyword used to run commands, this must be

the first word on your tweet.

follow: list of twitter user IDs that who are going

to be able to execute commands.

AppName: Name of the application on Twitter. Do not

modify unless you are using your own keys.

oauth_token: generated automatically. Do not modify.

oauth_secret: generated automatically. Do not modify.

If you are using your own application keys you must add this tree lines to your ~./rpitwit_config file:

AppName=<your twitter application name>
CONSUMER_KEY=<your twitter application key>
CONSUMER_SECRET=<your twitter application secret>

Now yo need to start rpiwit with the "--reload-tokens" argument:

rpitwit --reload-tokens

For more info about generating your application keys look in the documentation directory.

Warning

This very simple tool that justs execute shell and python scripts contained within the script directory.

It doesn't limit what the commands can do to your system.

Be really carefull, don't put dangerous commands or scripts from untrusted sources inside the command directory.

Changelog from 0.1.0 to 0.2.0

• The script now captures SIGINT and SIGTERM and closes without giving errors when you press CTRL-C or using the kill command.
• Added the "--about" argument to show copyright info.
• Added the "--help" with a really small help text.
• Added the "--load-defaults" argument to load the default config. If you screw up the configuration try with this argument.
• Added the "--reload-tokens" argument to update the oAuth tokens in case of using custom application keys.
• Added the "--ask-follow' argument to change the list of users that rpitwit follows after the first run.
• A lot of code cleanup. Comments added. Now it's more easy to read and understand.

Credits and more Info

This software uses functions from the Python Twitter Tools by Mike Verdone (mike.verdone.ca)

RPiTwit maintainer:

Mario Gomez <rpitwit@teubi.co> (http://fuenteabierta.teubi.co/)

A more detailed explanation of usage and examples:

http://fuenteabierta.teubi.co/2013/01/controlling-raspberry-pi-via-twitter.html