Applescript to post to Twitter

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

with a little help from MAC OS X Daily, i put together a script to post to twitter. this can be used for automation for server updates. this one is just one asking for username and password and asking for your tweet, can be handy for autoposting.


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Made by Trey Howell
Command came from macosxdaily.com
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property your_user : ""
property your_password : ""
property twt : ""


display dialog "Enter Username:" default answer "Username"
set your_user to text returned of result


display dialog "Enter password" default answer "Password" with icon stop with hidden answer
set your_password to text returned of result

display dialog "Enter your Tweet" default answer "40 characters max"
set twt to text returned of result


do shell script "curl -u " & your_user & ":" & your_password & " -d status='" & twt & "' [url=https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml]https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml"[/url]
#2

Twitter actually limits their tweets to 140 characters, not 40. Also, Twitter is VERY close (a few days) to closing the basic authentication, meaning that that shell command will not work.

#3

Dylan - I had not heard about Twitter changing their authentication. I’m assuming that this will also break Grackle68k, which is a real bummer. Where did you learn this information?