CLI script to display a tweet and the poster of that tweet using the tweet status ID through command line arguments.

examples/show_status.py

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+from twython import Twython, TwythonError
+
+# Optionally accept user data from the command line (or elsewhere).
+#
+# Usage:  show_status.py 463604849372704768
+
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
+    target = sys.argv[1]
+else:
+    target = raw_input("ID number of tweet to fetch: ")  # For Python 3.x use: target = input("ID number of tweet to fetch: ")
+
+# Requires Authentication as of Twitter API v1.1
+twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)
+
+try:
+    tweet = twitter.show_status(id=twid)
+    print(tweet["user"]["name"]+" ("+tweet["user"]["screen_name"]+"): "+tweet["text"])
+except TwythonError as e:
+    print(e)
+
+# This will print:  Name (screen name): the content of the tweet selected.