Python Wrapper around Twitter API

get_access_token.py

import os
import sys

try:
  from urlparse import parse_qsl
except:
  from cgi import parse_qsl

import oauth2 as oauth

REQUEST_TOKEN_URL = 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token'
ACCESS_TOKEN_URL  = 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token'
AUTHORIZATION_URL = 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize'
SIGNIN_URL        = 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authenticate'

consumer_key    = None
consumer_secret = None

if consumer_key is None or consumer_secret is None:
  print 'You need to edit this script and provide values for the consumer key and secret. Register as a developer and register your "app" inorder to be allow this library to access and make requests off them. Lame, I know, but rules are rules.'
  sys.exit(1)

signature_method_hmac_sha1 = oauth.SignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1()
oauth_consumer             = oauth.Consumer(key=consumer_key, secret=consumer_secret)
oauth_client               = oauth.Client(oauth_consumer)

print 'Requesting temp token from Twitter'

resp, content = oauth_client.request(REQUEST_TOKEN_URL, 'GET')

if resp['status'] != '200':
  print 'Invalid response from Twitter requesting temp token: %s' % resp['status']
else:
  request_token = dict(parse_qsl(content))

  print ''
  print 'Go here and get the pincode'
  print ''
  print '%s?oauth_token=%s' % (AUTHORIZATION_URL, request_token['oauth_token'])
  print ''

  pincode = raw_input('Pincode? ')

  token = oauth.Token(request_token['oauth_token'], request_token['oauth_token_secret'])
  token.set_verifier(pincode)

  print ''
  print 'Processing request for an access token'
  print ''

  oauth_client  = oauth.Client(oauth_consumer, token)
  resp, content = oauth_client.request(ACCESS_TOKEN_URL, method='POST', body='oauth_verifier=%s' % pincode)
  access_token  = dict(parse_qsl(content))

  if resp['status'] != '200':
    print 'The request for a Token failed: %s' % resp['status']
    print access_token
  else:
    print 'Your Twitter Access Token key: %s' % access_token['oauth_token']
    print '          Access Token secret: %s' % access_token['oauth_token_secret']
    print ''

This retrieves the access token and secret.