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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import locale
+import argparse
+
+
+def write(data, stream = sys.stdout):
+    """
+    Write "data" on the given stream, then flush, silently handling broken pipes.
+    """
+    try:
+        stream.write(data)
+        stream.flush()
+
+    # Silently handle broken pipes
+    except IOError:
+        try:
+            stream.close()
+        except IOError:
+            pass
+
+
+def readline( stream_in ):
+    while True:
+        try:
+            line = stream_in.readline().decode(stream_in.encoding or locale.getpreferredencoding(True)).strip()
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            continue
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            break
+        if not line:
+            break
+        yield line
+
+    raise StopIteration
+
+
+def setup_adorn( data, asked ):
+    assert(asked.adorn)
+
+    # unroll everything
+    data = list(data)
+    nb = len(data)
+    # " int/int"
+    adorn_size = len(str(nb))*2 + 1 + 1
+
+    for i,line in enumerate(data):
+        adorn = " %i/%i" % (i+1,nb)
+        curmax = asked.max_len - len(adorn)
+        if len(line) > curmax:
+            if asked.ignore:
+                data[i] = line
+            elif asked.trim:
+                data[i] = line[:curmax]
+        data[i] = data[i] + adorn
+
+    return data
+
+
+def setup_hem(data, asked):
+    for line in data:
+        if len(line) > asked.max_len:
+            if asked.ignore:
+                pass
+            elif asked.trim:
+                line = line[:asked.max_len]
+
+        yield line
+
+
+def setup( data, asked ):
+    if asked.adorn:
+        f = setup_adorn
+    else:
+        f = setup_hem
+
+    for line in f(data, asked):
+        yield line
+
+
+def on_stdout( data, asked, endline="\n" ):
+    lines = setup(data, asked)
+    # You can do something on the whole set of lines if you want.
+
+    if asked.chain:
+        prefix = " "
+    else:
+        prefix = ""
+
+    for i,line in enumerate(lines):
+        if endline:
+            if line[-1] != endline:
+                line += endline
+        yield prefix*i + line
+
+
+def operate( func, *args ):
+    for line in func( readline(sys.stdin), *args ):
+        write(line)
+
+
+
+usage = "Post text read on the standard input to a website or an API."
+apis =["stdout", "twitter"] # TODO "http_post", "http_get",
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description=usage,
+        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
+
+parser.add_argument("-a", "--api", choices=apis, default="stdout",
+        help="Name of the API to use.")
+
+# Generic options
+
+parser.add_argument("-m", "--max-len", metavar="MAXLEN", type=int, default=140,
+         help="Maximum number of characters in the lines.")
+
+parser.add_argument("-i", "--ignore", action="store_true",
+        help="Ignore lines that are longer than MAXLEN")
+
+parser.add_argument("-t", "--trim", action="store_true",
+        help="Trim down lines that are longer than MAXLEN.")
+
+parser.add_argument("-d", "--adorn", action="store_true",
+        help="Add a counter of the form \" x/N\" at the end of the lines, \
+              with N being the number of lines read and x the current index of the line. \
+              NOTE: this necessitate to read all the input before processing it.")
+
+parser.add_argument("-q", "--quiet", action="store_true",
+        help="Do not print errors and warnings on the standard error output.")
+
+# API-dependant options
+
+parser.add_argument("-c", "--chain", action="store_true",
+        help="Chained actions. Whatever that means depends on the chosen API.")
+
+asked = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+# Consistency checks
+
+if asked.ignore and asked.trim:
+    if not asked.quiet:
+        sys.stderr.write("WARNING: asking to trim AND to ignore is not logical, I will ignore.")
+    assert( not (asked.ignore and asked.trim) )
+
+
+# APIs
+
+if asked.api == "stdout":
+
+    operate( on_stdout, asked )
+
+
+elif asked.api == "twitter": # TODO
+
+    import tweepy
+
+    consumer_key = ""
+    consumer_secret = ""
+
+    access_token = ""
+    access_token_secret = ""
+
+    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret, "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/")
+    auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
+
+    api = tweepy.API(auth)
+
+    public_tweets = api.home_timeline()
+    for tweet in public_tweets:
+        print "#########################################"
+        print tweet.text
+