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TWEET(1) | User Commands | TWEET(1) |
NAME¶
tweet - Text-based client for Twitter.SYNOPSIS¶
tweet [options] messageDESCRIPTION¶
- 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*
SEE ALSO¶
<https://github.com/bear/python-twitter> <http://www.twitter.com>February 2013 | tweet |