[web2py] Help using URLLIB instead of PYCURL

[david.waldrop]

I am trying to read form the Twitter realtime stream API using URLLIB
instead of PYCURL but am not able to do so.  Belw is the PYCURL
sample.  Anyone have any ideas or samples to get me started on the
right track?

def getTwitter2():
  import pycurl, json, StringIO

  STREAM_URL = "http://chirpstream.twitter.com/2b/user.json";
  REST_URL = "http://api.twitter.com/1/";

  class Client:
    def __init__(self):
      self.friends = []
      self.buffer = ""
      self.userid = None
      self.conn = pycurl.Curl()

    def authenticate(self, username, password):
      output = StringIO.StringIO()
      self.conn.setopt(pycurl.USERPWD, "%s:%s" % (username, password))
      self.conn.setopt(pycurl.URL, REST_URL + "account/
verify_credentials.json")
      self.conn.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, output.write)
      self.conn.perform()

      data = json.loads(output.getvalue())
      if "error" in data: return False
      self.userid = data["id"]
      return True

    def connect(self):
      self.conn.setopt(pycurl.URL, STREAM_URL)
      self.conn.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, self.on_receive)
      self.conn.perform()

    def on_receive(self, data):
      self.buffer += data
      if data.endswith("\r\n") and self.buffer.strip():
        content = json.loads(self.buffer)
        self.buffer = ""

        if "friends" in content:
          self.friends = content["friends"]

        elif "text" in content:
          to = content["in_reply_to_user_id"]
          if to and to != self.userid and to not in self.friends:
return
          if to == self.userid: print "(REPLY)",
          print u"{0[user][name]}: {0[text]}".format(content)

  client = Client()
  if client.authenticate("dlwatey" "della0308"):
    client.connect()
  else:
    print "Login credentials aren't valid!"

  return