Python script to post an alert tweet when motion is detected by MotionEyeOS

motioneyeos_tweet.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

##########################################################################
### Python Script to post a tweet when motion is detected by MotionEyeOS
### run 'sudo pip install python-twitter' before execution
### Author: Sid
### https://zone13.io
### Version 1.0
##########################################################################

import twitter, time

# Populate the Twitter API keys below
consumer_key = ''
consumer_secret = ''
access_token_key = ''
access_token_secret = ''

api = twitter.Api(
    consumer_key=consumer_key,
    consumer_secret=consumer_secret,
    access_token_key=access_token_key,
    access_token_secret=access_token_secret)

# Get current time
t = time.strftime("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime())
status = "Alert !! Motion detected at " + t

# Tweet motion detection alert
status = api.PostUpdate(status)