Source code for modules.twitterposter

import sys
from event import Event
try:
    import twitter
except (ImportError, SystemError):
    twitter = object
try:
    if sys.version_info > (3, 0, 0):
        from .basemodule import BaseModule
    else:
        from basemodule import BaseModule
except (ImportError, SystemError):
    from modules.basemodule import BaseModule

"""
  to use this, you'll need to create a file in the modules directory called 'twitter_credentials.py', and it should look like this:

    class PybotTwitter:
      api_key = "<your api key (sometimes called consumer key)>"
      api_secret = "<api/consumer secret>"

      access_token = "<your access token>"
      access_token_secret = "<access token secret>"

"""


class TwitterPoster(BaseModule):
    try:
        from modules.twitter_credentials import PybotTwitter as pt
    except (ImportError, SystemError):
        class PhonyPt:
            api_key = ""
            api_secret = ""
            access_token = ""
            access_token_secret = ""

        pt = PhonyPt()

    user_to_track = "bhhorg"

    def post_init(self):
        twitter = Event("__.twitter__")
        twitter.define(user_definition=self.user_to_track)
        twitter.subscribe(self)
        self.bot.register_event(twitter, self)

        twitter_command = Event("__.twitter_command__")
        twitter_command.define(msg_definition="^\\.twitter url")
        twitter_command.subscribe(self)
        self.bot.register_event(twitter_command, self)

    def handle(self, event):
        if event._type == "__.twitter__":
            pt = self.pt
            api = twitter.Api(consumer_key=pt.api_key,
                              consumer_secret=pt.api_secret,
                              access_token_key=pt.access_token,
                              access_token_secret=pt.access_token_secret)
            try:
                # "username: <message>" all must be <= 140 char
                status = api.PostUpdate(
                    event.user + ": " + event.msg[:(140 - (len(event.user) + 2))])
            except Exception as e:
                print(e)
                print(len(event.msg[:(140 - len(event.user) + 2)]))
        elif event._type == "__.twitter_command__":
            self.say(event.channel, "https://twitter.com/pybot_posts_irc")