.. link: http://dgplug.org/summertraining/2013/posts/anurag619-tweetup-20130728.html
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.. date: 2013/07/28 23:22:34
.. title: anurag619 tweetup 20130728
.. slug: anurag619-tweetup-20130728


tweetup
-----------
A script will tweet along with a media file.

`tweetup`_ code link.

.. _tweetup: https://github.com/anurag619/mywork/tree/master/tweet/tweetup
 

::
        
    """the major  modules imported here are: argparse and twython.
        twython retrieves and accesses twitter profile while argparse parses the option(file path and status)to tweet"""

    import sys	
    import argparse
    from twython import Twython    

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='this is a twitter script to post media with a 	descrition.')	
    parser.add_argument('-f','--path/of/the/file', help='enter the file destination',required=True) 	
    parser.add_argument('-d','--status',help='enter your status', required=True)
    args = parser.parse_args() 	

    """the following credentials can be obtained from https://dev.twitter.com"""


    APP_KEY='your consumer key' 	
    APP_SECRET='your consumer secret'

    twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET)
    auth = twitter.get_authentication_tokens()	
    OAUTH_TOKEN        = 'your Access token'
    OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET = 'your token secret'	


    twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET,OAUTH_TOKEN,OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)	
    photo = open(args.file, 'rb')	
    twitter.update_status_with_media(status=args.status, media=photo) 	



usage
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to tweet with media file:

$python tweetup -f location/to/image -d descrition