From fb41d4100c4a55b52012d7f090f8ed0ed361f4dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan McGrath Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:38:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Changing references to Tango --- README | 30 ++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index e150c66..0a73895 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,12 +1,6 @@ -NOTICE: On 08/01/2009, Tango is going to be renamed to "Twython". In renaming the GitHub repo, most watchers/followers -will be lost, so please take note of this date if you wish to continue following development! - -There should (hopefully) be no further disruptions after that. Eventually, I'll get around to creating a setup.py file -that works correctly. ;) - -Tango - Easy Twitter utilities in Python +Twython - Easy Twitter utilities in Python ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -I wrote Tango because I found that other Python Twitter libraries weren't that up to date. Certain +I wrote Twython because I found that other Python Twitter libraries weren't that up to date. Certain things like the Search API, OAuth, etc, don't seem to be fully covered. This is my attempt at a library that offers more coverage. @@ -14,17 +8,17 @@ This is my first library I've ever written in Python, so there could be some stu make a seasoned Python vet scratch his head, or possibly call me insane. It's open source, though, and I'm open to anything that'll improve the library as a whole. -OAuth support is in the works, but every other part of the Twitter API should be covered. Tango +OAuth support is in the works, but every other part of the Twitter API should be covered. Twython handles both Basic (HTTP) Authentication and OAuth, and OAuth is the default method for -Authentication. To override this, specify 'authtype="Basic"' in your tango.setup() call. +Authentication. To override this, specify 'authtype="Basic"' in your twython.setup() call. -Documentation is forthcoming, but Tango attempts to mirror the Twitter API in a large way. All +Documentation is forthcoming, but Twython attempts to mirror the Twitter API in a large way. All parameters for API calls should translate over as function arguments. Requirements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Tango requires (much like Python-Twitter, because they had the right idea :D) a library called +Twython requires (much like Python-Twitter, because they had the right idea :D) a library called "simplejson". You can grab it at the following link: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson @@ -32,23 +26,23 @@ http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson Example Use ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -import tango +import twython -twitter = tango.setup(authtype="Basic", username="example", password="example") +twitter = twython.setup(authtype="Basic", username="example", password="example") twitter.updateStatus("See how easy this was?") -Tango 3k +Twython 3k ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -There's an experimental version of Tango that's made for Python 3k. This is currently not guaranteed +There's an experimental version of Twython that's made for Python 3k. This is currently not guaranteed to work, but it's provided so that others can grab it and hack on it. If you choose to try it out, be aware of this. Questions, Comments, etc? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -My hope is that Tango is so simple that you'd never *have* to ask any questions, but if +My hope is that Twython is so simple that you'd never *have* to ask any questions, but if you feel the need to contact me for this (or other) reasons, you can hit me up at ryan@venodesigns.net. -Tango is released under an MIT License - see the LICENSE file for more information. +Twython is released under an MIT License - see the LICENSE file for more information.