##Please note this does no longer work as of April 2015. Twitter changed some stuff and I'm in no mood of fixing it as of now. Sorry!

CLI Twitter status update bot

Original bash version

• Author: lukapusic [email protected]
• URI: http://360percents.com/posts/command-line-twitter-status-update-for-linux-and-mac/
• Github: https://github.com/lukapusic/twitter-bot

This PHP version

• Author: dawtmaytrikx
• Github: https://github.com/dawtmaytrikx/twitter-bot

Description

This script can log into your Twitter account and post a new tweet, all without the official API.

System requirements

• PHP
• cURL

Instructions

Under UNIXoid system:

1. apply executable permissions chmod +x ./tweet.php
2. usage: ./tweet.php 'Status' or php tweet.php 'Status'

Under Windows:

1. usage php.exe tweet.php 'Status' (NOT tested!)

Known issues

• Will not throw any errors if it's unsuccessful, e.g. when it hits a CAPTCHA at login, or if the text has been tweeted before.
• Ignores that URLs are shortened to 20 or 21 chars by twitter.

License

CC-BY-NC, dawtmaytrikx