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#!/usr/bin/python
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# Filename: notabot.py
# Version 1.0
# This is a simple Twitter bot that updates status with a random funny statement from a file called "quote"
# More bots at socialnetworkbots.com

"""A bot that sends random stuff to Twitter."""

__author__ = 'tom@spylogic.net'
__version__ = '1.0'

import os
import sys
import random
import twitter
import time

# Optional endless loop.  Use cron instead!
# while True:

file = open("quote", "r")
lines = file.read().splitlines()
file.close()

line = lines[0]

print "Posting random nonsense to Twitter...standby!"
api = twitter.Api(username='USERNAME',password='PASSWORD')
api.PostUpdate(line)
print "I Tweeted!"

file = open("quote", "w")
file.writelines(lines[1:])
file.close()

# Wait 2 minutes
# print "Waiting 2 minutes..."
# time.sleep(120)