#!/bin/bash
# @name 	twitter.sh
# @author	Mark Stoecker
# @homepage	http://www.poundbangwhack.com
# @namespace	http://www.poundbangwhack.com/scripts/shell/post-to-twitter
# @version	0.1
# @descripition	This script will post to your twitter account from a 
#		Linux shell.  You will need to enter your username in the
#		configuration section.  You will be prompted for your 
#		password each time you run the script.

################### BEGIN CONFIGURATION #####################
#	/**
#	* Set your Twitter username
#	* @var string
#	*/
  	u=""
##################### END CONFIGURATION #####################

################ DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE ################
clear
function isgdurl() {
	su=`curl -s http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=$url`
}

while true; do
    read -p "Do you have a URL to shrink (y/n)? " yn
    case $yn in
        [Yy]* )
		read -p "Enter URL to shrink: " url ;
		isgdurl $url;
		break;;
        [Nn]* ) 
		break;;
        * ) 
		echo "Please answer yes or no.";;
    esac
done

ul=0
tl=0
ul=${#su}
ml=$((140-(${#u}+5)-${#su}))

while true; do
	read -p "Please input your tweet: " s
	tl=${#s}
	if [ $tl -le $ml ]; then
		break
	else
		echo "Tweet is too long by" $(($tl-$ml)) "characters"
	fi
done

tt=$s" "$su

curl -su $u -d status="$tt" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml