gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import tweepy

CONSUMER_KEY = "..."
CONSUMER_SECRET ="..."
ACCESS_KEY = "..."
ACCESS_SECRET = "..."

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

if len(sys.argv[1]) >= 140:
    print 'String too long by %s characters' % str(len(sys.argv[1])-140)
    tweet = raw_input('Try again: ')
else:
    tweet = sys.argv[1]

api.update_status(tweet)