version: 0.0.5

Intro

Do you love running applications from the command line? Do you love doing everything with your keyboard? I sure do! If you don't then this tool probably isn't for you. The twit-cli tool features all the great things you like to do on twitter, but in the comfort, love, and safety of your terminal.

Requirements

• node js version >= 0.6.x
• A twitter api account
• A love for the terminal and cli tools

Getting started

Install

npm install twit-cli -g

Configuration

Create a .twit-cli dot file in your home directory with the following values that correspond to your Twitter application account. If you haven't created one yet, create it here. In order for twit-cli to work, you must set the application to read, write, and direct messages. Without that setting, twit-cli will fail to work and you will have to using Twitter from some application that is obviously inferior to cli.

Example:

{
	"consumer_key": "KEYZZZ",
	"consumer_secret": "SECRETZZZ",
	"access_token": "SECRET_KEYZZZZ",
	"access_token_secret": "SECRET_TOKENZZZ"
}

Command Reference

List commands

$ twit-cli -h

Usage: twit-cli [options] [command]

  Commands:

    timeline [options] [screenname] Get timeline data
    tweet [options] <status> 140 character message.

  Options:

    -h, --help     output usage information
    -V, --version  output the version number

Tweet

Usage: tweet [options] <status>

  Options:

    -h, --help     output usage information
    -j, --json     Get response as JSON
    -v, --verbose  Verbose logging
    -c, --count    Count characters in Tweet (will not send)

####Examples:

twit-cli tweet "I love #twitcli"
twit-cli tweet "I love #twitcli" -c # outputs 15

Retweet

Usage: retweet [options] <id>

  Options:

    -h, --help     output usage information
    -j, --json     Get response as JSON
    -v, --verbose  Verbose logging
    -d, --delete   Delete a retweet

####Examples:

twit-cli retweet 313334974159917057
twit-cli retweet 313381278290415618 -d // Deletes a retweet. Same as deleting a tweet.

Timeline

If you choose to omit screenname, the tweets displayed will relate to your timeline.

  Usage: timeline [options] [screenname]

  Options:

    -h, --help             output usage information
    -j, --json             Get response as JSON
    -v, --verbose          Verbose logging
    -l, --limit [integer]  Number of statuses to return
    -r, --rt               Show retweets [screenname required]
    -i, --include          Include replies

####Examples:

twit-cli timeline 
twit-cli timeline -l 5 # 5 tweets returned
twit-cli timeline @trevor_landau 
twit-cli timeline @trevor_landau -l 5 -r 

Note: A command's response is cached for ~30 sec. This is to reduce the likelihood of exceeding Twitter's api rate limit. This only defends against identical commands.

Follow

  Usage: follow [options] <user>

  Options:

    -h, --help     output usage information
    -j, --json     Get response as JSON
    -v, --verbose  Verbose logging
    -n, --notify   Receive notifications for this user

####Examples:

twit-cli follow @trevor_landau
twit-cli follow @trevor_landau -n

Delete

Delete a tweet

  Usage: delete [options] <id>

  Options:

    -h, --help     output usage information
    -j, --json     Get response as JSON
    -v, --verbose  Verbose logging

####Examples:

twit-cli delete 312382752102154240

Favorite

Usage: fav [options] <id>

  Options:

    -h, --help     output usage information
    -j, --json     Get response as JSON
    -v, --verbose  Verbose logging
    -d, --delete   Delete a favorite

####Examples:

twit-cli fav 312382752102154240
twit-cli fav 312382752102154240 -d

Tests

Test ensure command line args work and retrieve data. To run tests, clone this project and type npm test.

grunt-cli required.

Change Log

0.0.5

• Favorite and unfavorite tweets
• Retweet, Delete retweet

0.0.4

• Ability to delete and follow

0.0.3

• Extracted caching into npm module - fscache

0.0.2

• Success message on tweet
• Ability to retrieve timeline

0.0.1

• Supports tweeting