tweet_a_python.py

'''
Created on Apr 4, 2014

@author: bonino

Copyright (c) 2014 Dario Bonino
 
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License
'''

import twitter, tts, urllib

def getTweets():
    tweets = {}
    # get access to apis
    api = twitter.Api(consumer_key='wIDHvofdfV2QO94s1bjebQ', 
                      consumer_secret='nO0q0Ko8EBQ6Lb8FNLwEsT3r2QLkjWsO02dr9uegU', 
                      access_token_key='2408639030-691GXH8B4aQt2JgXN05uSkWAJyywmds6OeLCaI4', 
                      access_token_secret='I7lxOY8wSBf0bKlWKJ5UlI3tVRoSaYUeiUseRLo9VBoky')
    #get the user followers
    users = api.GetFollowers()
    #iterate over followers
    for user in users:
        #prepare an array of statuses for each follower
        tweets[user.name] = []
        i=1
        #fill statuses
        for status in api.GetUserTimeline(user.id):
            tweets[user.name].append(status.text)
            i+=1
            if(i>2):
                break
    return tweets

def sayTweets(tweets = None):
    '''Says tweets
    Args:
        tweets: the dictionary containing the tweets to read, keys represent the follower name, values are arrays of statuses
    '''
    if(tweets!=None):
        #iterate over the dictionary keys
        for key in tweets.keys():
            #say the tweet author at first
            tts.say('Tweet from %s'%key, 'en')
            #iterate over tweets
            for tweet in tweets[key]:
                #encode the tweet text to be suitable for urls
                tweet_text =  urllib.urlencode({'text':tweet})
                #cut-off "text:"
                tweet_text = tweet_text[5:]
                #read the status text
                tts.say(tweet_text,'it')
            

if __name__ == '__main__':
    #fetch tweets
    tweets = getTweets()
    #read tweets
    sayTweets(tweets)