gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import urllib
import urlparse
import oauth2 as oauth
import httplib2

httplib2.debuglevel=1


consumer_key="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
consumer_secret="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
access_token_url = 'https://www.tumblr.com/oauth/access_token'

tumblr_username = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
tumblr_password = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
tumblr_hostname = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.tumblr.com"


consumer = oauth.Consumer(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
client = oauth.Client(consumer)
client.add_credentials(tumblr_username, tumblr_password)
client.authorizations

params = {}
params["x_auth_username"] = tumblr_username
params["x_auth_password"] = tumblr_password
params["x_auth_mode"] = 'client_auth'

client.set_signature_method = oauth.SignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1()
resp, token = client.request(access_token_url, method="POST",body=urllib.urlencode(params))

print "======= RESPONSE TOKEN ======="
print resp

access_token = dict(urlparse.parse_qsl(token))

print "======== ACCESS TOKEN ========"
print access_token

access_token = oauth.Token(access_token['oauth_token'], access_token['oauth_token_secret'])
client = oauth.Client(consumer, access_token)
print "========= USER INFO =========="
print client.request("http://api.tumblr.com/v2/user/info", method="POST")



print "========= TEST POST =========="
print client.request("http://api.tumblr.com/v2/blog/" + tumblr_hostname + "/post", method="POST", body="body=hello+from+python&type=text&title=python+entry")