jsb.utils.twitter

twitter related helper functions .. uses tweepy.

jsb.utils.twitter.twitterapi(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, token=None, *args, **kwargs)

return twitter API object - with or without access token.

jsb.utils.twitter.twittertoken(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, twitteruser, username)

get access token from stored token string.

CODE

# jsb/utils/twitter.py
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""" twitter related helper functions .. uses tweepy. """

tweepy imports

from jsb.contrib.tweepy.auth import OAuthHandler
from jsb.contrib.tweepy.api import API
from jsb.contrib.tweepy import oauth

basic imports

import logging

defines

go = True

twitterapi function

def twitterapi(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, token=None, *args, **kwargs):
    """ return twitter API object - with or without access token. """
    if not go:
        logging.warn("the twitter plugin needs the credentials.py file in the .jsb/data/config dir. see .jsb/data/examples".upper())
        return None
    if token:
        auth = OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
        auth.set_access_token(token.key, token.secret)

    return API(auth, *args, **kwargs)

twittertoken function

def twittertoken(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, twitteruser, username):
    """ get access token from stored token string. """
    token = twitteruser.data.get(username)
    if not token: return
    return oauth.OAuthToken(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET).from_string(token)