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shorturl = "http://html5.org/r/" + revision | shorturl = "http://html5.org/r/" + revision | ||
message = shorturl + " — " + message | message = shorturl + " — " + message | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 20 January 2011
WebAppsTweet is a simple script responsible for updating @WHATWG on Twitter whenever the specification is changed. It is written on top of Twython. This page documents most of its source code, which you are free to use for any purpose.
#!/usr/bin/python
# coding=UTF-8
# The parameters passed are rev/message/flags/bug/level
import cgi
from twython import Twython
consumer_key = "..."
consumer_secret = "..."
oauth_token = "..."
oauth_secret = "..."
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
revision = ""
message = ""
try:
revision = form["rev"].value
message = form["message"].value
except:
pass
if revision and message != "typo" and message != "xref":
shorturl = "http://html5.org/r/" + revision
message = shorturl + " — " + message
if len(message) > 140:
message = message[:139] + "…"
twitter = Twython(
twitter_token = consumer_key,
twitter_secret = consumer_secret,
oauth_token = oauth_token,
oauth_token_secret = oauth_secret
)
print "Content-Type:text/plain\n"
print twitter.updateStatus(status=message)
else:
print "Content-Type:text/plain\n"
print "Not today. Not today."