1 import urllib, urllib2, base64
   2 
   3     def __on_twitter_account_changed(self):
   4         ...
   5         authenticated = False
   6 
   7         if self.__twitter_account.GetPassword() != "":
   8             auth = base64.encodestring("%s:%s" % (self.__twitter_account.GetUsername(), self.__twitter_account.GetPassword())).strip()
   9             try:
  10                 handle = urllib2.urlopen(urllib2.Request("http://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.json", \
  11                                                          urllib.urlencode({}), {"Authorization": "Basic %s" % auth}))
  12                 if handle.code == 200:
  13                     authenticated = True             
  14             except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
  15                 # if the credentials are bad we'll get 401 error code 
  16 	        _logger.debug("e.code is %s" % str(e.code))				
  17 
  18         if not authenticated:
  19             self.__box.append(self.__login_button)