gistfile1.js

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
        name: "twitter",
        icon: "http://twitter.com/favicon.ico",
        author: {
            name: "Travis Jeffery",
            email: "eatsleepgolf@gmail.com"
        },
        license: "GPL",
        description: "Post to Twitter.",
        help: "Select the command press space and type in your twitter status.",
        takes: {
            "twitter": noun_arb_text
        },

        preview: function(pblock, twitter) {
            document = context.focusedWindow.document;
            pblock.innerHTML = "Twitter Status: " + twitter.text;
        },

        execute: function(pblock, twitter) {
            if (twitter.text.length > 140) {
                pblock.innerHTML = "Twitter Statuses must be >= 140 characters."
            } else {
                var document = context.focusedWindow.document;
                var params = {
                    status: twitter.text
                };
                var url = "http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml?";
                var http = new XMLHttpRequest();
                for (key in params) {
                    url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];
                }
                http.open("POST", url, true);
                http.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
                http.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
                http.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
                http.send(params);
            }
        }
    });