Twitter client written as an XChat plugin (Python). It allows you to tweet, read friends' timeline and check your replies. The twitter output will be sent out to an IRC channel of your choice (so, if you don't want to mix up your tweet and your chat, create a new channel and make it private).
Create a file called .xchattwitt.cfg in your home folder with following format:
[twitter]
oauth_token = ...
oauth_secret = ...
consumer_key = ...
consumer_secret = ...
interval = 180
[irc]
channel = irc_channel_nameThe Twitter API uses OAUTH instead of the "simple" username and password, so you'll have to generate this information at dev.twitter.com.
This plugin will join the channel that you specify in the channel parameter. By the way, no # in front of the channel name.
For the interval, it's friends' timeline update interval in seconds.
To install this plugin follow these steps:
sudo pip install -r requirements.txtcp xchat_twitter.py ~/.xchat2/- Then restart your XChat, the plugin should be loaded automatically
This plugin should be compatible with both XChat and XChat-Aqua. For XChat-Aqua, the directory where the plugin should be copied is /Applications/X-Chat Aqua/Plugins.
Following is the list of commands provided by this plugin:
| Command | Action |
|---|---|
| /tweet "message" or /tw "message" | Tweeting |
| /rt "name" "message" | Re-tweeting |
| /dm "name" "message" | Direct message (DM) |
| /friends | Retrieving friends' timeline |
| /replies | Retrieving replies (@yourname) timeline |
| /follow "screen name" | Follow a person using the screen name |
| /unfollow "screen name" | Unfollow a person using the screen name |
The original version of this software, idea and architecture was developed by Pruet Boona in 2009.