Command Line Posting to Identi.ca
I looked around for a simple command line program to post to identi.ca but I couldn’t find one that:
- worked
- auto-shortened URL’s
- was executable and not a giant overkill library
Naturally, I then threw something simple together in Python (script below). The script will auto-shorten URL’s (using ur.ly, which seemed to have the simplest API) and doesn’t require quoting your post. After putting your username/password at the top of the file: