twitter-python with a URL shortener

twitter-python-url-short.py

# https://github.com/bear/python-twitter/issues/298#issuecomment-185193763

import re

from twitter import Api
from twitter.twitter_utils import URL_REGEXP
from shorten_url import ShortenURL

CONSUMER_KEY = 'WWWWWWW'
CONSUMER_SECRET = 'XXXXXXXXXXX'
ACCESS_TOKEN = 'YYYYYYYYYYY'
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = 'ZZZZZZZZZ'


def PostStatusWithShortenedURL(status):
    shortener = ShortenURL()
    api = Api(CONSUMER_KEY,
              CONSUMER_SECRET,
              ACCESS_TOKEN,
              ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)

    urls = re.findall(URL_REGEXP, status)

    for url in urls:
        status = status.replace(url, shortener.Shorten(url), 1)

    api.PostUpdate(status)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    PostStatusWithShortenedURL("this is a test: http://www.example.com/tests")