Author: slac3dork
Site: http://snippet.c0de.me
Summary: Tweeby, a cURL alternative only to update twitter status. Just for fun. Tested on Linux.
#!/usb/bin/ruby
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# http://snippet.c0de.me
# slac3dork[at]gmail[dot]com
require 'optparse'
require 'net/http'
class Tweeby
def initialize
puts '-------------------------------------------------------'
puts '[+] Tweeby - cURL alternative to update twitter status'
puts '[+] Tweeby.rb - http://snippet.c0de.me'
puts '[+] Author: slac3dork'
puts "-------------------------------------------------------\n\n"
end
def parseOptions
begin
options = {}
opts = OptionParser.new
opts.banner = "Usage: ./tweeby.rb -u your_username -p your_password -s your_status\nExample: ./tweeby.rb -u myuser -p mypassword -s 'this is my status'"
opts.on('-u your_username', '--user your_username', 'your_username = Your Twitter username') do |u|
@username = u
end
opts.on('-p your_password', '--password your_password', 'your_password = Your Twitter password') do |p|
@passwd = p
end
opts.on('-s your_status', '--status your_status', 'your_status = Your Twitter status message') do |s|
@status = s
end
opts.on('-v', '--verbose', 'Run verbosely') do |v|
@verbose = v
end
opts.parse!
if (!(@username and @passwd and @status))
puts opts
exit(1)
end
rescue OptionParser::ParseError
puts opts
exit(1)
end
end
def sendTweet
begin
puts '[+] Starting Tweeby...'
tweet = Net::HTTP.post_form(
URI.parse("http://#{@username}:#{@passwd}@twitter.com/statuses/update.xml"),
{"status"=>"#{@status}"})
if @verbose
puts tweet.body
else
puts '[+] Your status has been updated'
end
puts '[+] Done...'
rescue Exception
puts '[-] Error while tweeting, check your username, password, and internet connection'
end
end
end
# main
twitter = Tweeby.new
twitter.parseOptions
twitter.sendTweet
