twitterclient.py

import tweepy

def postTweet(tweet): 
	
	# == OAuth Authentication ==
	#
	# This mode of authentication is the new preferred way
	# of authenticating with Twitter.

	# The consumer keys can be found on your application's Details
	# page located at https://dev.twitter.com/apps (under "OAuth settings")
	consumer_key=""
	consumer_secret=""

	# The access tokens can be found on your applications's Details
	# page located at https://dev.twitter.com/apps (located 
	# under "Your access token")
	access_token=""
	access_token_secret=""

	auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
	auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)

	api = tweepy.API(auth)

	# If the authentication was successful, you should
	# see the name of the account print out
	print api.me().name

	# If the application settings are set for "Read and Write" then
	# this line should tweet out the message to your account's 
	# timeline. The "Read and Write" setting is on https://dev.twitter.com/apps
	api.update_status(tweet)