Update twitter via curl

• Update twitter via curl (and also set the "from" bit)

  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

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  Enter host password for user 'twitter-username':

  
  

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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 1
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• Update twitter via curl

  Doesn't require password (asks for it instead) Show Sample Output

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  Enter host password for user 'matthewbauer':

  
  

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  curl -u user -d status="Tweeting from the shell" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
  matthewbauer · 2009-08-05 02:24:01 2
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• another tweet function

  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.

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

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  tweet () { curl -u UserName -d status="$*" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml; }
  bartonski · 2009-11-07 06:54:02 0
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• Twitter update from terminal (pok3's snipts ?)

  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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  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <status>
    <created_at>Sat Jun 27 21:33:19 +0000 2009</created_at>
    <id>2363785326</id>
    <text>Settima robot message: ALARM ZONE 03 (sent via command line)</text>
    <source>web</source>
    <truncated>false</truncated>
    <in_reply_to_status_id></in_reply_to_status_id>
    <in_reply_to_user_id></in_reply_to_user_id>
    <favorited>false</favorited>
    <in_reply_to_screen_name></in_reply_to_screen_name>
    <user>
      <id>9982902</id>
      <name>m33600</name>
      <screen_name>m33600</screen_name>
      <location></location>
      <description></description>
      <profile_image_url>http://static.twitter.com/images/default_profile_normal.png</profile_image_url>
      <url></url>
      <protected>false</protected>
      <followers_count>4</followers_count>
      <profile_background_color>9ae4e8</profile_background_color>
      <profile_text_color>000000</profile_text_color>
      <profile_link_color>0000ff</profile_link_color>
      <profile_sidebar_fill_color>e0ff92</profile_sidebar_fill_color>
      <profile_sidebar_border_color>87bc44</profile_sidebar_border_color>
      <friends_count>3</friends_count>
      <created_at>Tue Nov 06 00:18:20 +0000 2007</created_at>
      <favourites_count>0</favourites_count>
      <utc_offset>-10800</utc_offset>
      <time_zone>Greenland</time_zone>
      <profile_background_image_url>http://static.twitter.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.gif</profile_background_image_url>
      <profile_background_tile>false</profile_background_tile>
      <statuses_count>10</statuses_count>
      <notifications>false</notifications>
      <verified>false</verified>
      <following>false</following>
    </user>
  </status>
  

  
  

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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 5
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• Update twitter via curl as Function

  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.

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

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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 1
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Be carefull not to do that in a multi-user machine, since your password will be visible in the process listing for as long as curl is running.

kov · 881 weeks and 6 days ago

If you leave out `:pass` (your password), you will be able to enter your password later in a more secure manner.

sirlancelot · 880 weeks ago

Also note that you can't use an "!" as bash will error out with bash: !": event not found

XtCrAvE · 878 weeks ago

or $history -c once you do that... [of course to clear the hisory]

chanux · 877 weeks and 2 days ago

This is resulting in 403 (Forbidden) errors today: 403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.

alesplin · 874 weeks and 5 days ago

Note: if cURL not installed, install it (ubuntu) : sudo apt-get install curl

cmdnix · 858 weeks and 2 days ago

You can use ! just use 'single quotes'

mandroid · 818 weeks and 4 days ago

Just start the command with a space (if it includes your password)so that its not stored in your .bash_history file. its safer that way.

nssy · 811 weeks and 1 day ago

i tried, but i get this answer: Basic authentication is not supported

rubo77 · 801 weeks and 3 days ago

so is there any other solution?

rubo77 · 794 weeks and 6 days ago

Basic authentication is not supported

ni3in3005 · 772 weeks and 2 days ago

Anyone know of something similar for identi.ca?

sfyn · 735 weeks and 6 days ago

-1 for plain-text password in the shell. Sorry, mate.

R3load · 645 weeks ago

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