import urllib import twurl TWITTER_URL = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/user_timeline.json' while True: print '' acct = raw_input('Enter Twitter Account:') if ( len(acct) < 1 ) : break url = twurl.augment(TWITTER_URL, {'screen_name': acct, 'count': '2'} ) print 'Retrieving', url connection = urllib.urlopen(url) data = connection.read() print data[:250] headers = connection.info().dict # print headers print 'Remaining', headers['x-rate-limit-remaining']