new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  
  import tweepy
  import ConfigParser
  import sys, os
  
  config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
  config.read(os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'config'))
  
  auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(config.get('auth','consumer_key'), config.get('auth','consumer_secret'))
  auth.set_access_token(config.get('auth','access_token'), config.get('auth','access_token_secret'))
  api = tweepy.API(auth)
  
  twitterQuery = config.get('search','query')
  
  try:
      with open(os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'lastTweetId'), 'r') as f:
          sinceId = f.read()
  except IOError:
      sinceId = ''
  
  timelineIterator = tweepy.Cursor(api.search, q=twitterQuery, since_id=sinceId).items()
  
  timeline = []
  for status in timelineIterator:
      timeline.append(status)
  
  try:
      lastTweetId = timeline[0].id
  except IndexError:
      lastTweetId = sinceId
  
  rtCounter = 0
  errCounter = 0
  
  timeline.reverse()
  
  for status in timeline:
      try:
          print '(%(date)s) %(name)s: %(message)s' % \
              { 'date' : status.created_at,
              'name' : status.author.screen_name.encode('utf-8'),
              'message' : status.text.encode('utf-8') }
          api.retweet(status.id)
          rtCounter += 1
      except tweepy.error.TweepError as e:
          errCounter += 1
          print e
          continue
  
  if errCounter != 0:
      print '%d errors occurred' % errCounter
  
  with open(os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'lastTweetId'), 'w') as file:
      file.write(str(lastTweetId))
  
subject: Create retweet.py