使用python的twitter api发布消息

Question

diveintopython3 tells how you can post a message to identi.ca

>>> from urllib.parse import urlencode
>>> import httplib2
>>> httplib2.debuglevel = 1
>>> h = httplib2.Http('.cache')
>>> data = {'status': 'Test update from Python 3'}
>>> h.add_credentials('diveintomark', 'MY_SECRET_PASSWORD', 'identi.ca')    
>>> resp, content = h.request('https://identi.ca/api/statuses/update.xml',
...     'POST',                                                             
...     urlencode(data),                                                    
...     headers={'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'})

I thought I'd do the same with twitter..

Then,I found out that they don't use basic authentication,but uses oauth.. so I thought this library would help

But the docs show that I need some kind of consumer_key etc for authorisation..

I have a twitter account where I login with mygmailid@gmail.com as username and mypassword as password.Is there some way I can use these for authorization?

Answer 1

You need to register your app to get that consumer key, and many other essentials informations.

Here you go : https://dev.twitter.com/apps

Some explanations : https://dev.twitter.com/docs/faq#7447

As you are about to play with the API please note this link to the API console, I found it always really useful : https://dev.twitter.com/console