SYNOPSIS

tweet [options] message

DESCRIPTION

  • tweet is a text-based client that allows you to post messages to Twitter.

OPTIONS AND DOCUMENTATION

Options: -h --help : print this help --consumer-key : the twitter consumer key --consumer-secret : the twitter consumer secret --access-key : the twitter access token key --access-secret : the twitter access token secret --encoding : the character set encoding used in input strings, e.g. "utf-8". [optional]

  • Documentation:

    If either of the command line flags are not present, the environment variables TWEETUSERNAME and TWEETPASSWORD will then be checked for your consumer_key or consumer_secret, respectively.

  • If neither the command line flags nor the environment variables are present, the .tweetrc file, if it exists, can be used to set the default consumer_key and consumer_secret. The file should contain the following three lines, replacing *consumer_key* with your consumer key, and *consumer_secret* with your consumer secret:

  • A skeletal .tweetrc file:

  • [Tweet] consumer_key: *consumer_key* consumer_secret: *consumer_password* access_key: *access_key* access_secret: *access_password*

RELATED TO tweet…

<https://github.com/bear/python-twitter> <http://www.twitter.com>