A simple Console Twitter API Handler.

twitterAuth.py

__author__ = 'caraciol@gmail.com'
__version__ = '0.2'

import oauth
import twitterT
import pickle

def first_auth(username,consumerKey,consumerSecret):
	api = twitterT.OAuthApi(consumerKey,consumerSecret)
	request_token = api.getRequestToken()
	authorization_url = api.getAuthorizationURL(request_token)
	print '==== GO TO THIS URL AND GRANT THE ACCESS!! ====' 
	print authorization_url
	raw_input('Press any key to continue after authorizing this application...')
	access_token = api.getAccessToken(request_token)
	access_token = oauth.Token(access_token['oauth_token'], access_token['oauth_token_secret'])
	output = open(username + '.pk1','wb')
	pickle.dump(access_token,output)
	output.close()
	
	return access_token
	

def getTwitterApi(username,consumerKey,consumerSecret):
	try:
		f = open(username + '.pk1','rb')
		token = pickle.load(f)
	except:
		token = first_auth(username,consumerKey,consumerSecret)
	
	api = twitterT.OAuthApi(consumerKey,consumerSecret,token.key,token.secret)
	return api