chirpchirp
v0.0.6
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Twitter cli via app auth
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chirpchirp
Twitter cli via app authentication.
About
Straightforward way of sending tweets, supporting multiline messages. Written natively in TypeScript.
Prerequisites
Installation
npm install chirpchirp --global
Usage
- Create a twitter app and generate keys
- Set the environmental variables
export TWITTER_API_KEY="TWITTER_API_KEY" export TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY="TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY" export TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN="TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN" export TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET="TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"
- Tweet
chirpchirp send --message <message>
Example
chirpchirp send --message "Hello, World!"
Advanced usage
Command | Explanation
--- | ---
chirpchirp send --message <message> --twitter-api-key "TWITTER_API_KEY" --twitter-api-secret-key "TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY" --twitter-access-token "TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN" --twitter-access-token-secret "TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"
| Instead of using the environmental variables
npx chirpchirp send --message <message>
| Running without installation
chirpchirp --help
| To get all the available options
Multiline messages for nonglobal installation
$Message = "Beavers
Squirrels
Bears"
node node_modules/chirpchirp/build/release/index.js send --message $Message
Spaces and multiline support
+
: Working
=
: Non applicable
!
: Spaces work, multiline doesn't (workaround above)
-
: Not working (workaround above)
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