twitools/retweeter.py

import argparse, tools

def getSavepoint(db, user):
 db.executeQuery("SELECT MAX(tweet_id) FROM retweets WHERE LOWER(author) = '%s'" % user.lower())
 try:
  return int(db.getNext()[0])
 except:
  print("No tweets from %s stored yet." % user)
  return 0

def retweet(user, two=tools.twObject(), db=tools.dbHelper(tools.dbpath())):
 query = "from:" + user

 savepoint = getSavepoint(db, user)
 last = savepoint

 timeline = two.search(query, savepoint)

 tw_counter = 0

 for status in timeline:
  if (status.text[0] != "@" or two.whoami() in status.text) and status.text[0:2] != "RT":
   timestamp = status.created_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') + " +0000"
   text = unescapeText(status.text)

   db.executeQuery("INSERT INTO retweets('id','author','created_at','text') VALUES(" + str(status.id) + ",'" + user.lower() + "','" + timestamp + "','" + text + "')")
   db.commit()

   two.retweet(status.id)

   last = status.id
   tw_counter = tw_counter + 1

 db.closeConnection()


if __name__ == "__main__":
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument("user", help="handle (user name) of the source user")
 user = parser.parse_args().user
 retweet(user if user[0] != "@" else user[1:])