A colorful terminal-based client for Twitter. Streaming also supported
Project description
Rainbow Stream
Terminal-based Twitter Client. Realtime tweetstream, compose, search , favorite … and much more fun directly from terminal.
This package build on the top of Python Twitter Tool and Twitter Streaming API and inspired by EarthQuake
Screenshot
Install
You will need Python 2.7+ and pip.
pip install rainbowstreamUsage
The stream
Just type
rainbowand see your stream.
In the case you want to see photos directly in terminal, the command is
rainbow -img 1 # Or rainbow --image 1In the first time you will be asked for authorization of Rainbow Stream app at Twitter. Just click the “Authorize access” button and paste PIN number to the terminal, the rainbow will start.
The interactive mode
While your personal stream is continued, you are also ready to tweet, search, reply, retweet… directly from console. Simply type “h” and hit the Enter key to see the help
Input is in interactive mode. It means that you can use arrow key to move up and down history, tab-autocomplete or 2 tab to view available suggestion
Here is full list of supported command
Stream Command
switch public #AKB48 will switch current stream to public stream and track keyword AKB48
switch public #AKB48 -f will do exactly as above but will ask you to provide 2 list:
Only nicks decide what nicks will be include only.
Ignore nicks decide what nicks will be exclude.
switch public #AKB48 -d will apply filter to ONLY_LIST and IGNORE_LIST. You can setup 2 list above at config.py
switch mine will switch current stream to personal stream. -f and -d will work as well.
Action Command
home will show your timeline. home 10 will print exactly 10 tweet.
view @mdo will show @mdo ’s timeline. view @dmo 9 will print exactly 9 tweet.
t the rainbow is god's promise to noah will tweet exactly ‘the rainbow is god’s promise to noah’
rt 12 will retweet the tweet with [id=12]. You can see id of each tweet beside the time.
fav 12 will favorite the tweet with [id=12].
rep 12 Really will reply ‘Really’ to the tweet with [id=12].
del 12 will delete tweet with [id=12].
ufav 12 will unfavorite tweet with [id=12].
s #noah will search the word ‘noah’. Result will come back with highlight.
fr will list all friend (You are following people).
fl will list all follower.
h will show the help.
c will clear the screen.
q will quit.
For example see the screenshot above.
Bug Report
Please create an issue or contact me at @dtvd88
License
Rainbow Stream are released under an MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for details
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