iamsudip tweetup v0.1.4 20130728

Code

 1 #!/usr/bin/env python
 2 import fbconsole
 3 import argparse
 4 import os
 5 import sys
 6 
 7 flag_path = 0
 8 flag_desc = 0
 9 
10 def update_it(status_update):
11     '''
12     function to update text status
13     '''
14 
15     fbconsole.post('/me/feed', {'message': status_update})
16 
17 def post_it(path, desc):
18     '''
19     function to post a image with or without description
20     '''
21 
22     if desc == 1:
23         fbconsole.post('/me/photos', {'source':open(args.file), 'message':args.description})
24     else:
25         fbconsole.post('/me/photos', {'source':open(args.file)})
26 
27 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = 'Update your facebook status')
28 parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", type = str,
29                 help = "Path to file to upload")
30 parser.add_argument("-d", "--description", type = str,
31                 help = "Give the description of the file")
32 parser.add_argument("-p", "--post", type = str,
33                 help = "Give the status update to post")
34 args = parser.parse_args()
35 
36 
37 fbconsole.AUTH_SCOPE = ['publish_stream', 'publish_checkins']
38 fbconsole.authenticate()
39 
40 if args.file:
41     if os.path.exists(args.file):
42         flag_path = 1
43         if args.description:
44             flag_desc = 1
45     else:
46         print "File does not exist"
47         sys.exit(-1)
48     post_it(flag_path, flag_desc)
49 
50 if args.post:
51     update_it(args.post)
52 
53 fbconsole.logout()
54 sys.exit(0)

Installation procedure

$  sudo pip install -i https://testpypi.python.org/pypi tweetup

will do the job.

Link to code

You can check the code here

How to upload a pic?

The command is:

$  tweetup -f <path_to_image> -d <descrption>

The above will upload a picture with the given description. You can upload a picture without a description too. For this do:

$  tweetup -f <path_to_image>

Notes

When you give the command for the very first time in your computer it will open your default browser window. It will ask you to login. Authorize the application and then set up the settings for this application and all done.

Usage

(virt3)sudip@sudip-mint $  tweetup -h
usage: tweetup.py [-h] [-f FILE] [-d DESCRIPTION] [-p POST]

Update your facebook status

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FILE, --file FILE  Path to file to upload
  -d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION
                        Give the description of the file
  -p POST, --post POST  Give the status update to post

(virt3)sudip@sudip-mint $  tweetup -f /home/sudip/fb.jpg -d "It was awesome"

(virt3)sudip@sudip-mint $  tweetup -p "Updated status via fbconsole"