Command Line Interface Tweeter (rust version)

Config

Generate a token to authorize access to your twitter account by following the guide here

Then place your API keys and OAuth tokens in a file (default is ~/.cred), separated by a line break:

api-key: API_KEY_HERE
api-sec: API_SECRET_HERE
tok: OAUTH_TOKEN_HERE
tok-sec: TOKEN_SECRET_HERE

Note that the labels must in the correct order, and separated from the keys with whitespace.

Installation

If you're on Linux/Windows the best way is probably to download the binaries from the releases page here.

To build from source, install cargo via rustup; on unix systems this is as simple as

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

Then type cargo install clit-rs.

Usage

View Profiles

To get your profile, simply type:

tw user

To view a user's profile, type e.g.

tw user pinepapplesmear

If you have any problems along the way:

tw --help

Sending tweets

tw send "YOUR_TWEET_TEXT"

Viewing your timeline

You can also use

tw view

to view your own timeline.

Library

A library is included. It's fairly easy to use once you have the credentials set up, with three functions: one to post a status, one to get your timeline, and one to get a user profile.