tweet_speak.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Have OS X read tweets aloud to you.
"""

# Inspired by this gist: http://gist.github.com/267147
# Uses the Twitter streaming API, and TweetStream (http://bitbucket.org/runeh/tweetstream/src/)

import getopt, getpass, socket, subprocess, sys, tweetstream

# 'default_bufsize = 0' trick via http://blog.persistent.info/2009/08/twitter-streaming-api-from-python.html
socket._fileobject.default_bufsize = 0

def say(s):
    subprocess.call(['say', str(s)])

def speak_tweets(user, passwd, follow):
    try:
        stream = tweetstream.FollowStream(user, passwd, follow)
        for tweet in stream:
            say('%s says: %s' % (tweet['user']['name'], tweet['text']))
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        sys.exit(0)

def usage():
    sys.stdout.write("tweet_speak.py -u <user> -p <password> -f <comma-seperated list of twitter user ids to follow>\n")

def main(argv):
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "u:p:f:", ["user=", "password=", "follow="])
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        usage()
        sys.exit(2)

    user = None
    passwd = None
    follow = None

    for o, a in opts:
        if o in ("-u", "--user"):
            user = a
        elif o in ("-p", "--password"):
            passwd = a
        elif o in ("-f", "--follow"):
            follow = a.split(",")

    if user == None or follow == None:
        usage()
        sys.exit(2)

    if passwd == None:
        passwd = getpass.getpass()

    speak_tweets(user, passwd, follow)

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