Single tweet CLI in 8 LoC

tweet.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

# call with (newlines respected inside quotes)
# tweet.py "my
#   tweet"
# or
# echo "my tweet" | tweet.py

import tweepy
import sys
import requests

# remember to set appropriate consumer_*, api_* etc:

# authenticate
auth = tweepy.auth.OAuthHandler(
        consumer_key=consumer_key,
        consumer_secret=consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(api_token, api_secret)

# prepare tweet
to_tweet = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
if not to_tweet: to_tweet = sys.stdin.read()

# tweet it:
tweepy.API(auth_handler=auth).update_status(to_tweet)