Gist that publish a Twitter update (tweet) on the given account (key, secret, access token, access token secret) using Tweepy

twitterUpdate.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys, getopt
import tweepy

def main(argv):
    consumer_key = ''
    consumer_secret = ''
    access_token = ''
    access_token_secret = ''
    update_text = ''
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"h:k:s:a:t:u:",["consumer-key=","consumer-secret=","access-token=","access-token-secret=","update-text"])
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        print 'test.py -k <consumer_key> -s <consumer_secret> -a <access_token> -t <access_token_secret> -u <update_text>'
        sys.exit(2)
    for opt, arg in opts:
        if opt == '-h':
            print 'test.py -k <consumer_key> -s <consumer_secret> -a <access_token> -t <access_token_secret> -u <update_text>'
            sys.exit()
        elif opt in ("-k", "--consumer-key"):
            consumer_key = arg
        elif opt in ("-s", "--consumer-secret"):
            consumer_secret = arg
        elif opt in ("-a", "--access-token"):
            access_token = arg
        elif opt in ("-t", "--access-token-secret"):
            access_token_secret = arg
        elif opt in ("-u", "--update-text"):
            update_text = arg

    if consumer_key != "" and consumer_secret != "" and access_token != "" and access_token_secret != "" and update_text != "":
        print 'Tweeting...'

        auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
        auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)

        api = tweepy.API(auth)
        api.update_status(update_text)

        print 'tweet done'
    else:
        print 'Tweet not performed. Please provide all the values needed.'

    sys.exit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
   main(sys.argv[1:])