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Pushing METAR data on Twitter

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import sys

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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import os

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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from getpass import getpass

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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import urllib2

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		

          		
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from cStringIO import StringIO

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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import simplejson

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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import pycurl

        	

			
        

      

        
			
			

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CONFIG = os.path.join(ROOT, 'config.py')

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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METAR_URL = 'ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations/%s.TXT'

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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TWITTER_UPDATE = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml'

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		

          		
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DEV_NULL = StringIO()

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		

          		
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def create_config():

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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    "Creates the configuration file out of nowhere"

        	

			
        

      

        
			
			

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    c.setopt(pycurl.USERPWD, "%s:%s" % (twitter_account, twitter_password))

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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    c.setopt(pycurl.POST, 1)

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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    c.setopt(pycurl.POSTFIELDS, "status=%s" % metar_content)

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		

          		
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    c.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, DEV_NULL.write)

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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    try:

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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        c.perform()

        	

			
        
			
        	

          		
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        c.close()