kumistatus/tweet.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse, twitools

if __name__ == "__main__":
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Send a tweet from the status monitor\'s account.')
 parser.add_argument('-r', '--reply', default=None, metavar='ID', type=int, help='reply to tweet ID')
 parser.add_argument('-t', '--text', default=None, type=str, help='tweet provided string')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 two = twitools.twObject()
 try:
  if not args.text:
   text = input("> ")
  else:
   text = args.text
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
  exit(0)
 two.tweet(text, args.reply)