old_contents: import twython, re, time, sys
  from twython import Twython, TwythonError
  from keys import APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET, APP_ACCOUNT
  
  twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)
  target = APP_ACCOUNT
  timeout = 15 # timeout between checks in seconds
  
  # when this is True, prints more messages
  debug = False
  # debug = True
  
  # this regex matches valid Twitter usernames (ANC = alpha-numeric character):
  #   (any whitespace or non-ANC or line start) + @ + (any letter or underscore) +
  #   (any ANC) + (any non-@, whitespace, non-ANC, or string end) 
  regex = "((?<=[\s\W])|^)(@[a-z_]+\w*)(?=((?=[^@])[\s\W]+|$))"
  
  while True:
    print time.asctime(time.localtime())
    # get last status
    try:
      status = twitter.show_user(screen_name=target)["status"]
    except Exception, exception:
      print "Error:"
      print exception
      if debug:
        print 'Sleeping... \n'
      time.sleep(timeout)
      continue
  
    tweet = status["text"].encode('utf-8')
    tweet_id = str(status["id"])
  
    print "@"+target+" status " + tweet_id + " : " + tweet
  
    # remove any valid usernames
  
    if debug:
      print "usernames found:"
      print re.findall(regex, tweet)
  
    m = re.sub(regex, '', tweet)
  
    if debug:
      print "trimmed tweet:" + m
  
    # find any lowercase characters
    m = re.search('[a-z]', m)
    # if none are found
    if m is None:
      # ALL CAPS - DELETE
      print "ALL CAPS - DELETING"
      try:
        twitter.destroy_status(id=tweet_id)
      except Exception, exception:
        print "Error:"
        print exception
  
    else:
      if debug:
        print "you're good"
      # sys.exit()
  
    if debug:
      print 'Sleeping... \n'
  
    time.sleep(timeout)
    # sys.exit()
new_contents: import twython, re, time, sys
  from twython import Twython, TwythonError
  from keys import APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET, APP_ACCOUNT
  
  twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)
  target = APP_ACCOUNT
  timeout = 15 # timeout between checks in seconds
  
  # when this is True, prints more messages
  debug = False
  # debug = True
  
  # this regex matches valid Twitter usernames (ANC = alpha-numeric character):
  #   (any whitespace or non-ANC or line start) + @ + (any letter or underscore) +
  #   (any ANC) + (any non-@, whitespace, non-ANC, or string end) 
  regex = "((?<=[\s\W])|^)(@[a-z_]+\w*)(?=((?=[^@])[\s\W]+|$))"
  
  while True:
    print time.asctime(time.localtime())
    # get last status
    try:
      status = twitter.show_user(screen_name=target)["status"]
    except Exception, exception:
      print "Error:"
      print exception
      if debug:
        print 'Sleeping... \n'
      time.sleep(timeout)
      continue
  
    tweet = status["text"].encode('utf-8')
    tweet_id = str(status["id"])
  
    if debug:
      print "@"+target+" status " + tweet_id + " : " + tweet
  
    # remove any valid usernames
  
    if debug:
      print "usernames found:"
      print re.findall(regex, tweet)
  
    m = re.sub(regex, '', tweet)
  
    if debug:
      print "trimmed tweet:" + m
  
    # find any lowercase characters
    m = re.search('[a-z]', m)
    # if none are found
    if m is None:
      # ALL CAPS - DELETE
      print tweet
      print "ALL CAPS - DELETING: " + tweet_id
      try:
        twitter.destroy_status(id=tweet_id)
      except Exception, exception:
        print "Error:"
        print exception
  
    else:
      if debug:
        print "you're good"
      # sys.exit()
  
    if debug:
      print 'Sleeping... \n'
  
    time.sleep(timeout)
    # sys.exit()
subject: debug messages