Test your Twitter OAuth keys with this simple Python script

twython_oauth_test.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, time
from twython import Twython

CONSUMER_KEY = 'xxxxx'
CONSUMER_SECRET = 'xxxxx'
ACCESS_KEY = 'xxxx-xxxx'
ACCESS_SECRET = 'xxxx'

print('Starting')

api = Twython(CONSUMER_KEY,CONSUMER_SECRET,ACCESS_KEY,ACCESS_SECRET)
print('Authenticated')

api.update_status(status=sys.argv[1])
print('Success!')