import tweepy # Authentication credentials - dev.twitter.com cfg = { 'consumer_key': 'VALUE', 'consumer_secret': 'VALUE', 'access_token': 'VALUE', 'access_token_secret': 'VALUE' } def get_api_handler(cfg): auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(cfg['consumer_key'], cfg['consumer_secret']) auth.set_access_token(cfg['access_token'], cfg['access_token_secret']) return tweepy.API(auth) def main(): api = get_api_handler(cfg) tweet = 'Hello, world from Tweepy!' api.update_status(status=tweet) if __name__ == "__main__": main()