Added functionality to get retweets in the home timeline, fixing the missing tweet problem (partially)

mytwitter.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class MyTwitter():
 
     def update_window(self):
         if self.list is None or self.list == 'Home':
-            statuses = self.api.GetFriendsTimeline(self.username, count=self.num_entries)
+            statuses = self.api.GetHomeTimeline(count=self.num_entries)
         elif self.list == '@' + self.username:
             statuses = self.api.GetReplies()
         else:

python-twitter-GetHomeTimeline.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+diff -r 51ac454d5d89 twitter.py
+--- a/twitter.py	Thu Dec 31 15:06:42 2009 -0500
++++ b/twitter.py	Sun Apr 11 00:33:25 2010 -0400
+@@ -493,6 +493,52 @@
+     self._CheckForTwitterError(data)
+     return [NewStatusFromJsonDict(x) for x in data]
+ 
++  def GetHomeTimeline(self,
++                      count=None,
++                      max_id=None,
++                      since_id=None,
++                      page=None):
++    '''Fetch the sequence of Status messages for the authenticated user and
++       the user's friends.  Includes retweets.
++
++    The twitter.Api instance must be authenticated.
++
++    Args:
++      count:
++        Specifies the number of statuses to retrieve. May not be
++        greater than 200. [Optional]
++      since:
++        Narrows the returned results to just those statuses created
++        after the specified HTTP-formatted date. [Optional]
++      since_id:
++        Returns only public statuses with an ID greater than (that is,
++        more recent than) the specified ID. [Optional]
++
++    Returns:
++      A sequence of Status instances, one for each message
++    '''
++    if not self._username:
++      raise TwitterError("The twitter.Api instance must be authenticated.")
++    url = 'http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/home_timeline.json'
++    parameters = {}
++    if count is not None:
++      try:
++        if int(count) > 200:
++          raise TwitterError("'count' may not be greater than 200")
++      except ValueError:
++        raise TwitterError("'count' must be an integer")
++      parameters['count'] = count
++    if max_id:
++      parameters['max_id'] = max_id
++    if since_id:
++      parameters['since_id'] = since_id
++    if page:
++      parameters['page'] = page
++    json = self._FetchUrl(url, parameters=parameters)
++    data = simplejson.loads(json)
++    self._CheckForTwitterError(data)
++    return [NewStatusFromJsonDict(x) for x in data]
++
+   def GetUserTimeline(self,
+                       id=None,
+                       user_id=None,