#!/bin/sh
#
# Based on code from
# http://binnyva.blogspot.com/2007/03/using-twitter-part-1-command-line.html
#

username='account'
password='password'

echo -n "add twitter friend: "
read text

if [ "x$text" == "x" ]; then
   echo "No name listed"
   exit 1
fi

echo "Trying to follow $text"


query='?'
wget --http-user="$username"                  \
     --http-passwd="$password"                \
     --output-document=-                      \
     --post-data=""                           \
     --user-agent="CLITwit"                   \
     http://twitter.com/friendships/create/${text}.json${query}follow=true

#END#