import urllib

class twitter:
        mypar = {'username' : 'utentetwitter',
                'password' : 'passwtwitter',
                'server': 'twitter.com',
                'newmessage' : '/direct_messages/new.xml' }

        recipient = ""
        message = ""

        def __init__(self):
                pass
        def setRecipient(self,myrecipient):
                self.recipient = myrecipient
        def setMessage(self,mymessage):
                self.message = mymessage
        def sendDirectmessage(self):
                if self.recipient == "":
                        return "KO, missing recipient"
                if self.message == "":
                        return "KO, missing message"
                params = urllib.urlencode({'user' : self.recipient, 'text' : self.message })
                f = urllib.urlopen("http://" + self.mypar['username'] + ":" + self.mypar['password'] + "@" + self.mypar['server'] + self.mypar['newmessage'], params)
                risposta=f.read()
                return risposta