API Reference

ecl_twitter

copyright:

3. 2012 Elm City Labs, LLC

license:

Apache 2.0, see LICENSE for more details.

class ecl_twitter.Twitter(token=None, secret=None, ssl=True)

Exposes a simple mechanism to interact with the Twitter API. E.g.,

>>> twitter = Twitter(access_token, access_secret_secret)
>>> twitter.favorites()
>>> twitter.statuses.user_timeline()
>>> twitter.statuses.user_timeline(screen_name='elmcitylabs')

ecl_twitter.twitter_begin(fun)

Django view decorator that gets a request token and secret from Twitter and redirects the user to a URL where they can authorize the application.

ecl_twitter.twitter_callback(fun)

Django view decorator that generates a Twitter OAuth access token and secret after the user authorizes the application. Must be used in conjunction with the twitter_begin decorator.

The wrapped view is passed an Objectifier object containing the the access token, the access token secret, the user id, and the user’s screen name.