#!/usr/bin/python

import urllib, urllib2
from sys import stdin, stdout, stderr

email="your email address"
password="your twitter password"

body = ""

line = stdin.readline()

while line:
	if line == ".\n":
		break
	else:
		body += line
	line = stdin.readline()
	
class MessageError(Exception):
	pass

if len(body) > 140:
	raise MessageError, "Message is more than 140 characters."

def twitterPost(email, password, message):
	# Create an OpenerDirector with support for Basic HTTP Authentication...
	auth_handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler()
	auth_handler.add_password('Twitter API', 'twitter.com', email, password)
	opener = urllib2.build_opener(auth_handler)
	# ...and install it globally so it can be used with urlopen.
	urllib2.install_opener(opener)

	data = urllib.urlencode({"status" : body})
	res = urllib2.urlopen("http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml", data)

twitterPost(email, password, body)