import deskbar
from deskbar.Handler import Handler
from deskbar.Match import Match
import twitter
from gettext import gettext as _ 
_debug=False
if _debug:
    import traceback

#We register our handler with deskbar applet using the HANDLERS variable. This is a dictionary, and the elements of the dictionary are mostly self-explanatory. The key of the HANDLER ("HelloHandler" in this case) should be the name of the class that subclasses deskbar.Handler.Handler. 
HANDLERS = {
    "TwitterHandler" : {
    "name" : _("Twitter"),
    "description" : _("What are you doing?"),
    "version" : "0.1",
    }
}

#This is the bare minimum Match subclass example.
#It simply always displays "Hello World" in the dropdown list.
class TwitterMatch(Match):
    def action(self, text=None):
        api = twitter.Api()
        api.PostUpdate('TWITTER_USERNAME', 'TWITTER_PASSWORD', self.name)
    def get_category(self):
        return "actions"
    def get_verb(self):
        return _("Twitter: <b>%(name)s</b>")


#This is the bare minimum handler. No matter what the query is, it returns one match. The match has no interesting information.
class TwitterHandler(Handler):
    def __init__ (self):        
        deskbar.Handler.Handler.__init__ (self, "/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.gnome2/deskbar-applet/handlers/twitter.png")
    def query(self, query): 
	      return [TwitterMatch(self, name=query)]