README.md

   1 ## Rainbow Stream
   2
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   5
   6 Terminal-based Twitter Client.
   7 Realtime tweetstream, compose, search , favorite ... and much more fun directly from terminal.
   8
   9 This package is built on top of [Python Twitter Tool](http://mike.verdone.ca/twitter/) and [Twitter API](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1).
  10
  11 ## Showcase
  12 Screencast:
  13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tykCvPMJq8s
  14 <br>
  15
  16 Screenshot: (Click to see)
  17 ![rainbowstream](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/master/screenshot/RainbowStreamAll.png)
  18
  19 ## Install
  20 You will need Python 2.7+ and pip.
  21
  22 ```bash
  23 sudo pip install rainbowstream
  24 ```
  25
  26 or try with a virtualenv
  27 ```bash
  28 sudo pip install virtualenv # skip if you already have virtualenv
  29 virtualenv venv
  30 source venv/bin/activate # use the brand new virtualenv.
  31 pip install rainbowstream
  32 ```
  33
  34
  35 ## Usage
  36 #### The stream
  37 Just type
  38 ```bash
  39 rainbowstream
  40 ```
  41 and see your stream.
  42
  43 I shipped a feature which can display **tweet's images directly on terminal**.
  44 You can try it with:
  45 ```bash
  46 rainbowstream -iot # Or rainbowstream --image-on-term
  47 ```
  48
  49 In the first time you will be asked for authorization of Rainbow Stream app at Twitter.
  50 Just click the "Authorize access" button and paste PIN number to the terminal, the rainbow will start.
  51
  52 ## Interactive mode
  53
  54 While your personal stream is continued, you are also ready to tweet, search, reply, retweet... directly from console.
  55 Simply type "h" and hit the Enter key to see the help.
  56
  57 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.
  58
  59 ## Available commands
  60
  61 Available commands are listed in [ReadTheDocs documents](http://rainbowstream.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) .
  62
  63 ## Theme customization
  64 Rainbow Stream is shipped with some default themes.
  65 You can either change theme by `theme` command or create your favorite one.
  66
  67 Theme's screenshot:
  68 * Monokai
  69 ![Monokai](./screenshot/themes/Monokai.png)
  70 * Solarized
  71 ![Solarized](./screenshot/themes/Solarized.png)
  72 * Tomorrow Night
  73 ![Solarized](./screenshot/themes/TomorrowNight.png)
  74 * Larapaste
  75 ![Solarized](./screenshot/themes/larapaste.png)
  76
  77 For detaile information, see [theme usage and customization](https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/blob/master/theme.md)
  78
  79 ## Bug and feature requests
  80 Found a bug or a feature request ?
  81 Please [create an issue](https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/issues/new)
  82 or contact me at [@dtvd88](https://twitter.com/dtvd88)
  83
  84 ## Development
  85 If you want to build a runnable version yourself, follow these simple steps
  86 * [Create your own Twitter Application](https://apps.twitter.com/app/new)
  87 * Get your Twitter application's API key and secret
  88 * Fork this repo
  89 * Create a file `consumer.py` in [`rainbowstream`](https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/tree/master/rainbowstream) folder with following content
  90 ```python
  91 # Consumer information
  92 CONSUMER_KEY = 'APIKey' # Your Twitter application's API key
  93 CONSUMER_SECRET = 'APISecret' # Your Twitter application's API secret
  94 ```
  95 * Use pip to install in local
  96 ```bash
  97 # cd to directory which contains setup.py
  98 pip install -e .
  99 pip list | grep rainbowstream # confirm installed version
 100 rainbowstream # local version of rainbowstream
 101 ```
 102
 103 ## Contributing
 104 I appreciate any help and support. Feel free to
 105 [fork](https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/fork)
 106 and
 107 [create a pull request](https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/compare/).
 108 You will be listed as contributor.
 109
 110 ## License
 111 Rainbow Stream are released under an MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for details