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+USING: accessors assocs hashtables http http.client json.reader
+kernel namespaces urls.encoding ;
+IN: twitter
+
+SYMBOLS: twitter-username twitter-password ;
+
+: set-twitter-credentials ( username password -- )
+    [ twitter-username set ] [ twitter-password set ] bi* ; 
+
+: set-request-twitter-auth ( request -- request )
+    twitter-username twitter-password [ get ] bi@ set-basic-auth ;
+
+: update-post-data ( update -- assoc )
+    "status" associate ;
+
+: tweet* ( string -- result )
+    update-post-data "https://twitter.com/statuses/update.json" <post-request>
+        set-request-twitter-auth 
+    http-request nip json> ;
+
+: tweet ( string -- ) tweet* drop ;
+