simplest twitter client (post only)

gistfile1.rbx

# Simplest twitter client (only for posts)
require 'net/http'
require 'kconv'

require 'rubygems'
require 'snarl'
require 'json'

user = ARGV.shift
pass = ARGV.shift
status = ARGV.join(" ") || ""
status << "[twitty]"
status_utf8 = status.kconv(Kconv::UTF8, Kconv::SJIS);

Net::HTTP.version_1_2
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new('/statuses/update.json')
req.basic_auth user, pass
req.body = 'status=' + URI.encode(status_utf8)

Net::HTTP.start('twitter.com',80, 'proxy.server_or_addres.here', 8080) {|http|
  res = http.request(req)
  print res.code
  print res.body

  if res.code == '200'
    result = JSON.parser.new(res.body).parse()
    text = result["text"]
    posted_at = result["created_at"]

    Snarl.show_message('Twitty', "#{text} -- (posted @ #{posted_at})", nil, 10)
  else
    Snarl.show_message('Twitty', "response {code : #{res.code}, body: #{res.body}}", nil, Snarl::NO_TIMEOUT)
  end
}