#!/usr/bin/perl -w

require LWP::UserAgent;

$username = "yourusernamehere";
$password = "yourpasshere";

my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$ua->agent('WizTwitterBot/1.0');
$ua->timeout(10);
$ua->env_proxy;
$ua->credentials(
    'twitter.com:80',
    'Twitter API',
    $username => $password,);

sub pausa #mette in pausa il programma prima di uscire
{
   print "\nPremi Invio per continuare\n";
   my $pausa = <STDIN>;
} #fine subroutine pausa
  

sub twitter_post {
    $inputtext = shift;
    
    my $update_url = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml';

    # POST the update to twitter
    my $response = $ua->post($update_url, [status => $inputtext ]);

    # Inform the user if success...
    if ($response->is_success) {
        print "Twitter Updated!!!\n";
    } else {
        print "Update to Twitter failed...\n";
    }

}

print "Insert your update: ";
$update = <STDIN>;
chomp($update);

twitter_post ($update);
pausa;

[download]

In reply to Twitter POSTer by wizbancp

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.