Rainbow Stream
Terminal-based Twitter Client. Realtime tweetstream, compose, search ,
favorite … and much more fun directly from terminal.
This package is built on the top of Python Twitter Tool and Twitter API,
can run on Python 2.7.x and 3.x .
Install
The quick way
You will need Python and pip (2.7.x or 3.x).
sudo pip install rainbowstream
# Python 3 users: sudo pip3 install rainbowstream
The recommended way
Use virtualenv
virtualenv venv
# Python 3 users : use -p to specify your Python 3 localtion as below
# virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install rainbowstream
Usage
The stream
Just type
and see your stream.
I shipped a feature which can display tweet’s images directly on terminal.
You can try it with:
rainbowstream -iot # Or rainbowstream --image-on-term
In the first time you will be asked for authorization of Rainbow Stream
app at Twitter. Just click the “Authorize access” button and paste PIN
number to the terminal, the rainbow will start.
The interactive mode
While your personal stream is continued, you are also ready to tweet,
search, reply, retweet… directly from console. Simply type “h” and hit
the Enter key to see the help.
Input is in interactive mode. It means that you can use arrow key to
move up and down history, tab-autocomplete or 2 tab to view available
suggestion. Input history from previous run is available as well.
Here is full list of supported command:
Explore Commands
- trend will show global trending topics. trend US will show
trends in United States while trend JP Tokyo will show trends in
Tokyo/Japan.
- home will show your timeline. home 10 will print exactly 10
tweets.
- mentions will show mentions timeline. mentions 7 will show 7
mention tweets.
- whois @dtvd88 will show profile of @dtvd88.
- view @mdo will show @mdo ’s timeline. view @dmo 9 will print
exactly 9 tweets.
- s noah will search the word ‘noah’. Result will come back with
highlight. Search can be performed with or without hashtag.
Tweet Commands
- t the rainbow is god's promise to noah will tweet exactly ‘the
rainbow is god’s promise to noah’.
- rt 12 will retweet the tweet with [id=12]. You can see id of
each tweet beside the time.
- quote 12 will quote the tweet with [id=12]. If no extra text is added,
the quote will be cancelled.
- allrt 12 20 will list 20 newest retweets of the tweet with [id=12]. If the number of retweets is not specified, 5 newest retweets will be listed instead.
- rep 12 Really will reply ‘Really’ to the tweet with [id=12].
- fav 12 will favorite the tweet with [id=12].
- ufav 12 will unfavorite tweet with [id=12].
- del 12 will delete tweet with [id=12].
- show image 12 will show the image in tweet with [id=12] in your
OS’s image viewer.
- open 12 will open url in tweet with [id=12] in your
OS’s default browser.
Direct Messages Commands
- inbox will show inbox messages. inbox 7 will show newest 7
messages.
- sent will show sent messages. sent 7 will show newest 7
messages.
- mes @dtvd88 hi will send a hi message to @dtvd88.
- trash 5 will remove message with [message_id=5]
Friends and followers Commands
- ls fl will list all your followers (people who are following
you).
- ls fr will list all your friends (people who you are following).
- fl @dtvd88 will follow @dtvd88.
- ufl @dtvd88 will unfollow @dtvd88.
- mute @dtvd88 will mute @dtvd88.
- unmute @dtvd88 will unmute @dtvd88.
- muting will list muting users.
- block @dtvd88 will block @dtvd88.
- unblock @dtvd88 will unblock @dtvd88.
- report @dtvd88 will report @dtvd88 as a spam account.
Twitter list
- list will show all lists you are belong to.
- list home will show timeline of list. You will be asked for list’s name.
- list all_mem will show list’s all members.
- list all_sub will show list’s all subscribers.
- list add will add specific person to a list owned by you.
- list rm will remove specific person from a list owned by you.
- list sub will subscribe you to a specific list.
- list unsub will unsubscribe you from a specific list.
- list own will show all list owned by you.
- list new will create a new list.
- list update will update a list owned by you.
- list del will delete a list owned by you.
Switching Stream Commands
switch public #AKB48 will switch current stream to public stream
and track keyword AKB48
switch public #AKB48 -f will do exactly as above but will ask you
to provide 2 list:
Only nicks decide what nicks will be include only.
Ignore nicksdecide what nicks will be exclude.
switch public #AKB48 -d will apply filter to ONLY_LIST and
IGNORE_LIST. You can setup 2 list above at config.py
switch mine will switch current stream to personal stream. -f
and -d will work as well.
Smart shell
- Put anything to terminal, the app will try to eval and display result as a python interactive shell.
- 142857*2 or 101**3 like a calculator.
- Even cal will show the calendar for current month.
- Put order_rainbow('anything') or random_rainbow('wahahaha') will make more fun :)
Config Management
- theme will list available themes.
- theme monokai will apply monokai theme immedaitely.
- theme current_as_default will remember current theme as next time default.
- config will list all config key.
- config ASCII_ART will output current value of ASCII_ART config key.
- config ASCII_ART default will output default value of ASCII_ART config key.
- config ASCII_ART = False will set value of ASCII_ART config key to False.
Screening Commands
- h will show the help.
- c will clear the screen.
- q will quit.
Available commands are listed in `Read The Docs`_.
Theme customization
Rainbow Stream is shipped with some default themes.
You can either change theme by theme command or create your favorite one.
Theme’s screenshot:
For detaile information, see theme usage and customization.
Config explanation
Rainbow Stream has a config file located at ~/.rainbow_config.json.
You can view or set a new value of every config key by config command (See Interactive mode section above).
- THEME: current theme.
- ASCII_ART: diplay your twitter name by ascii art at stream begin or not.
- SEARCH_MAX_RECORD: max tweets can display on ‘search’ command.
- HOME_TWEET_NUM: default tweets to display on ‘home’ command.
- RETWEETS_SHOW_NUM: default tweets to display on ‘allrt’ command.
- MESSAGES_DISPLAY: default messages to display on ‘inbox’ or ‘sent’ command.
- TREND_MAX: default trends to display on ‘trend’ command.
- LIST_MAX: default tweets to display on ‘list home’ command.
- ONLY_LIST: filter list on ‘switch’ command.
- IGNORE_LIST: ignore list on ‘switch’ command.
- HISTORY_FILENAME: name of file which stores input history.
- IMAGE_SHIFT: left and right margin of image in ‘-iot’/’–image-on-term’ mode.
- IMAGE_MAX_HEIGHT: max height of image in ‘-iot’/’–image-on-term’ mode.
- USER_DOMAIN: user URL of Twitter Streaming API.
- PUBLIC_DOMAIN: public URL of Twitter Streaming API.
- SITE_DOMAIN: site URL of Twitter Streaming API.
Development
If you want to build a runnable version yourself, follow these simple
steps
Create your own Twitter Application
Get your Twitter application’s API key and secret
Fork github’s repo and clone in your system.
Create a file consumer.py in ```rainbowstream```_ folder with
following content
# Consumer information
CONSUMER_KEY = 'APIKey' # Your Twitter application's API key
CONSUMER_SECRET = 'APISecret' # Your Twitter application's API secret
Use pip to install in local
# cd to directory which contains setup.py (cloned directory)
virtualenv venv # Python3 users: use -p to specify python3
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .
which rainbowstream # /this-directory/venv/bin/rainbowstream
pip list | grep rainbowstream # rainbowstream (0.x.x, /this-directory)
# Remove ~/.rainbow_oauth if exists
rainbowstream # local version of rainbowstream