Adds support for 280 character limit

Author: trevorprater

tests/test_tweet_length.py

@@ -63,15 +63,12 @@ def test_split_tweets(self):
         tweets = self.api._TweetTextWrap(test_tweet)
         self.assertEqual(
             tweets[0],
-            "Anatole went out of the room and returned a few minutes later wearing a fur coat girt with a silver belt, and a sable cap jauntily set on")
+            "Anatole went out of the room and returned a few minutes later wearing a fur coat girt with a silver belt, and a sable cap jauntily set on one side and very becoming to his handsome face. Having looked in a mirror, and standing before Dolokhov in the same pose he had assumed")
         self.assertEqual(
             tweets[1],
-            "one side and very becoming to his handsome face. Having looked in a mirror, and standing before Dolokhov in the same pose he had assumed")
-        self.assertEqual(
-            tweets[2],
             "before it, he lifted a glass of wine.")
 
-        test_tweet = "t.co went t.co of t.co room t.co returned t.co few minutes later"
+        test_tweet = "t.co went t.co of t.co room t.co returned t.co few minutes later and then t.co went to t.co restroom and t.co was sad because t.co did not have any t.co toilet paper"
         tweets = self.api._TweetTextWrap(test_tweet)
-        self.assertEqual(tweets[0], 't.co went t.co of t.co room t.co returned')
-        self.assertEqual(tweets[1], 't.co few minutes later')
+        self.assertEqual(tweets[0], 't.co went t.co of t.co room t.co returned t.co few minutes later and then t.co went to t.co restroom and t.co was sad because')
+        self.assertEqual(tweets[1], 't.co did not have any t.co toilet paper')

twitter/api.py

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 if sys.version_info > (3,):
     long = int
 
-CHARACTER_LIMIT = 140
+CHARACTER_LIMIT = 280
 
 # A singleton representing a lazily instantiated FileCache.
 DEFAULT_CACHE = object()
@@ -976,8 +976,8 @@ def PostUpdate(self,
 
         Args:
             status (str):
-                The message text to be posted. Must be less than or equal to 140
-                characters.
+                The message text to be posted. Must be less than or equal to
+                CHARACTER_LIMIT characters.
             media (int, str, fp, optional):
                 A URL, a local file, or a file-like object (something with a
                 read() method), or a list of any combination of the above.
@@ -1029,8 +1029,8 @@ def PostUpdate(self,
                 otherwise the payload will contain the full user data item.
             verify_status_length (bool, optional):
                 If True, api throws a hard error that the status is over
-                140 characters. If False, Api will attempt to post the
-                status.
+                CHARACTER_LIMIT characters. If False, Api will attempt to post
+                the status.
         Returns:
             (twitter.Status) A twitter.Status instance representing the
             message posted.
@@ -1042,8 +1042,8 @@ def PostUpdate(self,
         else:
             u_status = str(status, self._input_encoding)
 
-        if verify_status_length and calc_expected_status_length(u_status) > 140:
-            raise TwitterError("Text must be less than or equal to 140 characters.")
+        if verify_status_length and calc_expected_status_length(u_status) > CHARACTER_LIMIT:
+            raise TwitterError("Text must be less than or equal to CHARACTER_LIMIT characters.")
 
         if auto_populate_reply_metadata and not in_reply_to_status_id:
             raise TwitterError("If auto_populate_reply_metadata is True, you must set in_reply_to_status_id")
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ def PostMultipleMedia(self, status, media, possibly_sensitive=None,
 
     def _TweetTextWrap(self,
                        status,
-                       char_lim=140):
+                       char_lim=CHARACTER_LIMIT):
 
         if not self._config:
             self.GetHelpConfiguration()
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ def _TweetTextWrap(self,
         words = re.split(r'\s', status)
 
         if len(words) == 1 and not is_url(words[0]):
-            if len(words[0]) > 140:
+            if len(words[0]) > CHARACTER_LIMIT:
                 raise TwitterError({"message": "Unable to split status into tweetable parts. Word was: {0}/{1}".format(len(words[0]), char_lim)})
             else:
                 tweets.append(words[0])
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ def _TweetTextWrap(self,
             else:
                 new_len += len(word) + 1
 
-            if new_len > 140:
+            if new_len > CHARACTER_LIMIT:
                 tweets.append(' '.join(line))
                 line = [word]
                 line_length = new_len - line_length
@@ -1559,12 +1559,12 @@ def PostUpdates(self,
         """Post one or more twitter status messages from the authenticated user.
 
         Unlike api.PostUpdate, this method will post multiple status updates
-        if the message is longer than 140 characters.
+        if the message is longer than CHARACTER_LIMIT characters.
 
         Args:
           status:
             The message text to be posted.
-            May be longer than 140 characters.
+            May be longer than CHARACTER_LIMIT characters.
           continuation:
             The character string, if any, to be appended to all but the
             last message.  Note that Twitter strips trailing '...' strings
@@ -2978,7 +2978,7 @@ def GetDirectMessages(self,
             objects. [Optional]
           full_text:
             When set to True full message will be included in the returned message
-            object if message length is bigger than 140 characters. [Optional]
+            object if message length is bigger than CHARACTER_LIMIT characters. [Optional]
           page:
             If you want more than 200 messages, you can use this and get 20 messages
             each time. You must recall it and increment the page value until it