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Python

How To: Install and Use Twython (Python Wrapper for Twitter API)

September 5, 2009

As promised in my previous post, here is a brief howto on getting started with twython. The main advantage of Twython over several other python (or any other language) wrappers for Twitter API is that it works even when you are behind your organizations proxy. Download Twython You can download latest version of twython from [...]

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I Love Twitter, I Love Python = I Love Twython

September 3, 2009

I was really late to join Twitter. As soon as I joined Twitter, I started exploring various aspects of Twitter and hence the Twitter API. While searching for a wrapper for Twitter API in python, I came across python-twitter which was good and tweepy which was ok and I finally found twython. Twython is awesome [...]

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How To: Boot Fedora Faster

December 9, 2008

Note: These tricks apply to any Linux based OS. But I have tested them only on Fedora, so can’t say whether they’ll work on other Linux(s). My current Fedora installation is now almost one and a half years old. Yes. I am still using Fedora 7 I have Fedora 10 on my other machine. Coming [...]

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How To: Write Custom Redirector or Rewritor Plugin For Squid in Python

April 30, 2008

Mission To write a custom Python program which can act as a plugin for Squid to redirect a given URL to another URL. This is useful when already existing redirector plugins for Squid doesn’t suit your needs or you want everything of your own. Use Cases When you want to redirect URLs using a database [...]

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How To: Write Custom Basic Authentication Plugin for Squid in Python

April 24, 2008

Mission To write a Python program which can be used to authenticate for Squid proxy server. This is useful when you don’t want to configure complex systems like LDAP, ntlm etc. Use Cases When you want to authenticate clients using mysql database. When you want to authenticate clients using flat files or /etc/passwd file or [...]

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