Twitter working!

README.md

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ virtualenv henceforth.
 * `sudo chmod +x $PWD/agaetr_parse.py`
 * `sudo chmod +x $PWD/agaetr_send.sh`
 * (If using `tweet.py`) `sudo chmod +x $PWD/tweet.py`
+* `pip install -U twython --user`
 * `pip install -U appdirs`
 * `pip install -U configparser`
 * `pip install -U beautifulsoup4`
@@ -150,6 +151,10 @@ You must register a [Twitter application](https://apps.twitter.com) and get
 
 Place the location of the binary into `agaetr.ini`.
 
+*Optional* - Put the full path to the virtual environment's python interpreter 
+in for the shebang for `tweet.py`, as in: `#!/path/to/home/agaeter_venv/bin/python` . I had no luck with this;
+I ended up having to install it globally.
+
 APP_KEY = ""
 APP_SECRET = ""
 OAUTH_TOKEN = ""

out_avail/oysttyer.sh

@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
 function oysttyer_send {
     
     binary=$(grep 'oysttyer =' "$HOME/.config/agaetr/agaetr.ini" | sed 's/ //g' | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
-    outstring = printf "From %s: %s - %s %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link" "$hashtags"
+    outstring=$(printf "From %s: %s - %s %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link" "$hashtags")
 
     if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
-        outstring = printf "From %s: %s - %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link" 
+        outstring=$(printf "From %s: %s - %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link")
         if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
-            outstring = printf "%s - %s %s %s" "$title" "$description" "$link" 
+            outstring=$(printf "%s - %s %s %s" "$title" "$description" "$link")
             if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
-                outstring = printf "From %s: %s %s " "$pubtime" "$title" "$link" 
+                outstring=$(printf "From %s: %s %s " "$pubtime" "$title" "$link")
                 if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
-                    outstring = printf "%s %s" "$title" "$link" 
+                    outstring=$(printf "%s %s" "$title" "$link" )
                     if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
                         short_title=`echo "$title" | awk '{print substr($0,1,110)}'`
-                        outstring = printf "%s %s" "$short_title" "$link" 
+                        outstring=$(printf "%s %s" "$short_title" "$link" )
                     fi
                 fi
             fi

out_avail/toot.sh

@@ -9,29 +9,27 @@ function toot_send {
     #reusing code here.
 
     if [ ${#outstring} -gt 500 ]; then
-        outstring = printf "From %s: %s - %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link" 
+        outstring=$(printf "From %s: %s - %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link")
         if [ ${#outstring} -gt 500 ]; then
-            outstring = printf "%s - %s %s %s" "$title" "$description" "$link" 
+            outstring=$(printf "%s - %s %s %s" "$title" "$description" "$link")
             if [ ${#outstring} -gt 500 ]; then
-                outstring = printf "From %s: %s %s " "$pubtime" "$title" "$link" 
+                outstring=$(printf "From %s: %s %s " "$pubtime" "$title" "$link")
                 if [ ${#outstring} -gt 500 ]; then
-                    outstring = printf "%s %s" "$title" "$link" 
+                    outstring=$(printf "%s %s" "$title" "$link")
                     if [ ${#outstring} -gt 500 ]; then
                         short_title=`echo "$title" | awk '{print substr($0,1,110)}'`
-                        outstring = printf "%s %s" "$short_title" "$link" 
+                        outstring=$(printf "%s %s" "$short_title" "$link")
                     fi
                 fi
             fi
         fi
     fi
 
-    echo "!!!!!!!!!! $imgurl"
-    
+   
     # Get the image, if exists, then send the tweet
     if [ ! -z "$imgurl" ];then
         
         Outfile=$(mktemp)
-        urlstring=$(echo "$imgurl -o $Outfile --max-time 60 --create-dirs -s")
         curl "$imgurl" -o "$Outfile" --max-time 60 --create-dirs -s
         echo "Image obtained, resizing."
         #resize to twitter's size if available
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ function toot_send {
     fi
     
     postme=$(printf "%s post \"%s\" %s %s --quiet" "$binary" "$outstring" "$imgurl" "$cw")
-    echo "$postme"
     eval ${postme}
     
     

out_avail/twython.sh

@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
 function twython_send {
     
     binary=$(grep 'twython =' "$HOME/.config/agaetr/agaetr.ini" | sed 's/ //g' | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
-    outstring = printf "From %s: %s - %s %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link" "$hashtags"
+    outstring=$(printf "From %s: %s - %s %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link" "$hashtags")
 
     if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
-        outstring = printf "From %s: %s - %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link" 
+        outstring=$(printf "From %s: %s - %s %s" "$pubtime" "$title" "$description" "$link" )
         if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
-            outstring = printf "%s - %s %s %s" "$title" "$description" "$link" 
+            outstring=$(printf "%s - %s %s %s" "$title" "$description" "$link" )
             if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
-                outstring = printf "From %s: %s %s " "$pubtime" "$title" "$link" 
+                outstring=$(printf "From %s: %s %s " "$pubtime" "$title" "$link") 
                 if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
-                    outstring = printf "%s %s" "$title" "$link" 
+                    outstring=$(printf "%s %s" "$title" "$link")
                     if [ ${#outstring} -gt 280 ]; then
                         short_title=`echo "$title" | awk '{print substr($0,1,110)}'`
-                        outstring = printf "%s %s" "$short_title" "$link" 
+                        outstring=$(printf "%s %s" "$short_title" "$link")
                     fi
                 fi
             fi
@@ -26,18 +26,19 @@ function twython_send {
     if [ ! -z "$imgurl" ];then
     
         Outfile=$(mktemp)
-        urlstring=$(echo "$imgurl -o $Outfile --max-time 60 --create-dirs -s")
-        curl "$urlstring"
+        curl "$imgurl" -o "$Outfile" --max-time 60 --create-dirs -s
         #resize to twitter's size if available
         if [ -f /usr/bin/convert ];then
             /usr/bin/convert -resize 800x512\! "$Outfile" "$Outfile" 
         fi
-        imgurl=$(echo "--file $Outfile")
+        imgurl=$(echo "-f $Outfile")
     else
         imgurl=""
     fi
     
-    postme = printf "%s --message %s %s" "$binary" "$outstring" "$imgurl" 
+    postme=$(printf "%s -t \"%s\" %s" "$binary" "$outstring" "$imgurl")
+    echo "$postme"
+    read
     eval ${postme}
 
     if [ -f "$Outfile" ];then

out_enabled/toot.sh

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/home/steven/documents/programming/agaetr/out_avail/toot.sh

tweet.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ media_fn = args.media_fn
 
 
 if media_fn is not None:
-    mfiles = media_fn.split()
+    mfiles = media_fn[0].split()
     lm = len(mfiles)
     mfid = []
     for i in range(lm):