Commands tagged twitter (23)

  • An improvement of the original (at: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2872/update-twitter-via-curl) in the sense that you see a "from cURL" under your status message instead of just a "from API" ;-) Twitter automatically links it to the cURL home page. Show Sample Output


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    curl -u twitter-username -d status="Hello World, Twitter!" -d source="cURL" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
    MyTechieself · 2009-12-08 14:54:33 8
  • This is the THIRD in a set of five commands. See my other commands for the previous two. This step creates the oauth 1.0 token as explained in http://oauth.net/core/1.0/ The token is required for a Twitter filtered stream feed (and almost all Twitter API calls) This token is simply an encrypted version of your base string. The encryption key used is your hmac. The last part of the command scans the Base64 token string for '+', '/', and '=' characters and converts them to percentage-hex escape codes. (URI-escapeing). This is also a good example of where the $() syntax of Bash command substitution fails, while the backtick form ` works - the right parenthesis in the case statement causes a syntax error if you try to use the $() syntax here. See my previous two commands step1 and step2 to see how the base string variable $b and hmac variable $hmac are generated.


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    step3() { s=$(echo -n $b | openssl dgst -sha1 -hmac $hmac -binary | openssl base64); signature=`for((i=0;i<${#s};i++)); do case ${s:i:1} in +) e %2B;; /) e %2F;; =) e %3D;; *) e ${s:i:1};; esac ; done` ; } ; e() { echo -n $1; }
    nixnax · 2012-03-11 10:44:01 4
  • This is the SECOND command in a set for five that are needed for a Twitter stream feed. This command creates variable "b", the so-called "base string" required for oauth in Twitter stream feed requests. (The 256 char limit prevents giving it a better name) We use five environment variables created by a previous step: id, k1, once, ts and k3. The five environment variables are created in a separate command, please see my other commands. For more information on the signature base string, see dev.twitter.com/apps, click on any app (or create a new one) and then go to the "OAuth Tool" tab.


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    step2(){ b="GET&https%3A%2F%2Fstream.twitter.com%2F1%2Fstatuses%2Ffilter.json&follow%3D${id}%26oauth_consumer_key%3D${k1}%26oauth_nonce%3D${once}%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D${ts}%26oauth_token%3D${k3}%26oauth_version%3D1.0";}
    nixnax · 2012-03-11 22:16:11 7
  • This is the FOURTH in a set of five commands. Please see my other commands for the previous three steps. This command builds the authorization header required by Twitter. For this command to work, see my previous 3 commands (step1, step2 and step3) as they are required to build the environment variables used in this command. For more information on the authorization header, go to dev.twitter.com/apps, click on any of your apps (or create a new one) and then click on the "OAuth Tool" tab.


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    step4() { oauth_header="Authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key=\"$k1\", oauth_nonce=\"$once\", oauth_signature=\"$signature\", oauth_signature_method=\"HMAC-SHA1\", oauth_timestamp=\"$ts\", oauth_token=\"$k3\", oauth_version=\"1.0\"" ; }
    nixnax · 2012-03-11 23:01:46 4
  • *** CAREFULLY READ THE NOTES **** *** THIS DOES NOT WORK "OUT OF THE BOX" *** You'll need a few minutes of CAREFUL reading before making your own Twitter feed: In 2010 simple command line Twitter feed requests all stopped working because Twitter upgraded to SSL security. Https requests for a filtered Twitter stream feed now require a special header called "oauth_header". The benefit is that your stream feed and login info is securely encrypted. The bad news is that an "oauth_header" takes some work to build. Fortunately, four functions, imaginatively named step1, step2, step3 and step4 can be used to build a customized oauth_header for you in a few minutes. Now, go look at "step1" to start creating your own oauth_header! Show Sample Output


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    step1 ; step2 ; step3 ; step4 ; curl -o- --get 'https://stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/filter.json' --header "$oauth_header" --data "follow=$id"
    nixnax · 2012-03-18 21:15:04 6
  • Twitter stream feeds now require authentication. This command is the FIRST in a set of five commands you'll need to get Twitter authorization for your final Twitter command. *** IMPORTANT *** Before you start, you have to get some authorization info for your "app" from Twitter. Carefully follow the instructions below: Go to dev.twitter.com/apps and choose "Create a new application". Fill in the form. You can pick any name for your app. After submitting, click on "Create my access token". Keep the resulting page open, as you'll need information from it below. If you closed the page, or want to get back to it in the future, just go to dev.twitter.com/apps Now customize FIVE THINGS on the command line as follows: 1. Replace the string "Consumer key" by copying & pasting your custom consumer key from the Twitter apps page. 2. Replace the string "Consumer secret" by copying & pasting your consumer secret from the Twitter apps page. 3. Replace the string "Access token" by copying & pasting your access token from the Twitter apps page. 4. Replace string "Access token secret" by copying & pasting your own token secret from the Twitter apps page. 5. Replace the string 19258798 with the Twitter UserID NUMBER (this is **NOT** the normal Twitter NAME of the user you want the tweet feed from. If you don't know the UserID number, head over to www.idfromuser.com and type in the user's regular Twitter name. The site will return their Twitter UserID number to you. 19258798 is the Twitter UserID for commandlinefu, so if you don't change that, you'll receive commandlinefu tweets, uhm... on the commandline :) Congratulations! You're done creating all the keys! Environment variables k1, k2, k3, and k4 now hold the four Twitter keys you will need for your next step. The variables should really have been named better, e.g. "Consumer_key", but in later commands the 256-character limit forced me to use short, unclear names here. Just remember k stands for "key". Again, remember, you can always review your requested Twitter keys at dev.twitter.com/apps. Our command line also creates four additional environment variables that are needed in the oauth process: "once", "ts", "hmac" and "id". "once" is a random number used only once that is part of the oauth procedure. HMAC is the actual key that will be used later for signing the base string. "ts" is a timestamp in the Posix time format. The last variable (id) is the user id number of the Twitter user you want to get feeds from. Note that id is ***NOT*** the twitter name, if you didn't know that, see www.idfromuser.com If you want to learn more about oauth authentication, visit oauth.net and/or go to dev.twitter.com/apps, click on any of your apps and then click on "Oauth tool" Now go look at my next command, i.e. step2, to see what happens next to these eight variables.


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    step1() { k1="Consumer key" ; k2="Consumer secret" ; k3="Access token" ; k4="Access token secret" ; once=$RANDOM ; ts=$(date +%s) ; hmac="$k2&$k4" ; id="19258798" ; }
    nixnax · 2012-03-11 20:40:56 3
  • Update twitter from commandline, without revealing your password and without having to type it interactively. You 'll need to put a line "machine twitter.com login TWITTERUSER password TWITTERPASS" in $HOME/.netrc and better chmod 600 that file.


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    curl -n -d status='Hello from cli' https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
    svg · 2009-07-05 09:39:37 6
  • This version of tweet() doesn't require you to put quotes around the body of your tweet... it also prompts you for password. It will still barf on a '!' character.


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    tweet () { curl -u UserName -d status="$*" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml; }
    bartonski · 2009-11-07 06:54:02 5

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    curl -s search.twitter.com | awk -F'</?[^>]+>' '/\/intra\/trend\//{print $2}'
    putnamhill · 2009-12-22 01:01:02 12
  • Share your "now playing" Amarok song in twitter!


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    curl -u <user>:<password> -d status="Amarok, now playing: $(dcop amarok default nowPlaying)" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json
    caiosba · 2009-06-14 02:42:34 6

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    curl --form username=from_twitter --form password=from_twitter --form media=@/path/to/image --form-string "message=tweet" http://twitpic.com/api/uploadAndPost
    baergaj · 2009-04-27 15:57:04 11
  • Found it on snipt, pok3, is it yours? I put my user = m33600, the password and the status was my robot message: Settima robot message: ALARM ZONE 3 (sent via command line). Now bots may have their identity on twitter... Show Sample Output


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    curl -u YourUsername:YourPassword -d status="Your status message go here" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
    m33600 · 2009-06-27 21:47:48 12
  • This will tell you which twitter user you are chronologically. For example, a number of 500 means you were the 500th user to create a twitter account. Show Sample Output


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    curl -s http://twitter.com/username | grep 'id="user_' | grep -o '[0-9]*'
    spiffwalker · 2010-04-04 18:43:14 10
  • Requires Net::Twitter. Just replace the double quoted strings with the appropriate info.


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    perl -MNet::Twitter -e '$nt = Net::Twitter->new(traits => [qw/API::REST/], username => "YOUR USERNAME", password => "YOUR PASSWORD"); $ud = $nt->update("YOUR TWEET");'
    dbbolton · 2010-06-16 19:46:05 4
  • Type the command in the terminal and press enter to create the tweet() function. Then run as follows: tweet MyTwitterAccount "My message goes here" It will prompt you for password. Make sure that you use escape "\" character in message for showing varialbles or markup.


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    tweet(){ curl -u "$1" -d status="$2" "http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml"; }
    Code_Bleu · 2009-08-23 16:56:24 108
  • Prints top 5 twitter topics. Not very well written at all but none of the others worked.


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    curl -s mobile.twitter.com/search | sed -n '/trend_footer_list/,/\ul>/p' | awk -F\> '{print $3}' | awk -F\< '{print $1}' | sed '/^$/d'
    articmonkey · 2012-03-15 17:17:06 3
  • Dump all the tweets with the keyword "obama" or "barack", in json format, to a file. If you want you can provide the password directly on the line: curl -s -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD -X POST -d "track=obama,barack" https://stream.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/filter.json -o twitter-stream.out


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    curl -s -u $USERNAME -X POST -d "track=obama,barack" https://stream.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/filter.json -o twitter-stream.out
    themiurgo · 2013-04-06 08:56:05 6
  • Rainbow Stream is a smart and nice Twitter client on terminal. Almost everything you can do with a GUI application can be done, even viewing an image. - Tab-autocomplete, history browsing - Beautiful built-in themes and custom configuration support - Tweet's images directly on your terminal. Show Sample Output


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    sudo pip install rainbowstream && rainbowstream -iot
    DTVD · 2014-08-20 06:45:16 8
  • This will play the audio goodness posted up on PlayTweets via twitter right form the ever loving cmdline. You do not even need a twitter account. I hashed this out in a bit of a hurray as the kids need to get to sleep....I will be adding a loop based feature that will play new items as they come in...after what your are listening to is over. http://twitter.com/playTweets for more info on playtweets Show Sample Output


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    vlc $(curl -s http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/18855500.rss|grep play|sed -ne '/<title>/s/^.*\(http.*\)<\/title/\1/gp'|awk '{print $1}')
    tomwsmf · 2009-03-02 05:36:19 13

  • -1
    curl -u username:password -d status="blah blah blah" https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
    sha · 2010-06-17 03:10:42 14
  • replace username with the username you wish to check. Show Sample Output


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    curl -s http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?screen_name=username | sed -n 's/\<followers_count\>//p' | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g;/</N;//b'
    chrismccoy · 2010-10-17 16:08:46 5
  • speaks out last twitter update using 'say'


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    curl "http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.xml?count=1&screen_name=barackobama" | egrep -w "<text>(.*)</text>" | sed -E "s/<\/?text>//g" | say
    beerdeaap · 2012-02-27 18:46:33 3

  • -5
    echo "<your twit>" | wc -c -
    jyro · 2010-08-02 03:35:54 3

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