twit.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'oauth'
require 'json'

consumer_key = OAuth::Consumer.new(
  "j5oWVtmbD3MnrGtRk0jMOEI4z",
    "VfoxZbtrTjeSPVOkuzsmjUB8c6TmIHKsZIZr83MSo0CpN1x72F")
    access_token = OAuth::Token.new(
      "704876576337477636-9wsUP6ZuWHsbpHhnSyiOQIkoxd5OalJ",
        "IZ06WkLDpmCzvLXf6tTKVYl893xPIV39PK7wUCHovf8qc")

	baseurl = "https://api.twitter.com"
	path    = "/1.1/statuses/update.json"
	address = URI("#{baseurl}#{path}")
	request = Net::HTTP::Post.new address.request_uri
	request.set_form_data(
	  "status" => "This tweet was sent using twit.rb",
	  )

	  http             = Net::HTTP.new address.host, address.port
	  http.use_ssl     = true
	  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER

	  request.oauth! http, consumer_key, access_token
	  http.start
	  response = http.request request

	  tweet = nil
	  if response.code == '200' then
	    tweet = JSON.parse(response.body)
	      puts "Successfully sent #{tweet["text"]}"
	      else
	        puts "Could not send the Tweet! " +
		  "Code:#{response.code} Body:#{response.body}"
end