twitter.py

import re
import requests


RE_AUTHENTICITY_TOKEN = re.compile(r'<input.*value="(?P<token>[a-z0-9]{40})".*>')


class Twitter:
    def __init__(self, username, password):
        self.session = requests.Session()
        self.username = username
        self.password = password
        r = self.session.get('https://twitter.com/')
        m = RE_AUTHENTICITY_TOKEN.search(r.text)
        self.token = m.group('token')

    def login(self):
        payloads = {
            'session[username_or_email]': self.username,
            'session[password]': self.password,
            'authenticity_token': self.token,
        }
        r = self.session.post('https://twitter.com/sessions', data=payloads)
        if r.url != 'https://twitter.com/':
            raise RuntimeError('Cannot login to Twitter. Please check your login information again.')

    def protect(self, protect=True):
        payloads = {
            'user[protected]': protect * 1,
            'auth_password': self.password,
            'authenticity_token': self.token,
        }
        self.session.post('https://twitter.com/settings/security/update', data=payloads)

    def unprotect(self):
        self.protect(False)

    def tweet(self, message):
        payloads = {'status': message, 'authenticity_token': self.token}
        self.session.post('https://twitter.com/i/tweet/create', data=payloads)

    def logout(self):
        payloads = {'authenticity_token': self.token}
        r = self.session.post('https://twitter.com/logout', data=payloads)


def main():
    twitter = Twitter(username='devunt', password='')
    twitter.login()
    twitter.unprotect()
    twitter.tweet('...')
    twitter.protect()
    twitter.logout()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()