not testen; i'll do that tomorrow

config.py

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+CONSUMER_KEY = 'Your Twitter API Consumer Key'
+CONSUMER_SECRET = 'Your Consumer Secret Key'
+ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY = 'Your Twitter API Access Token Key'
+ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = 'Your Access Token Secret'
+
+# add @ to account name
+# leave empty for no mention
+DESTINATION_ACCOUNT = ''
+DESTINATION_ACCOUNT_IMPORTANT = ''
+
+ALLOW_COMMANDS = false
+ALLOW_ONLY_DM_COMMANDS = false
+
+# empty array for everyone
+# else add comma-separated, quote-enclosed twitter names with @
+COMMAND_SOURCE_ACCOUNTS = []
+
+# use "w" for overwrite, or "a" for append
+LOG_TYPE = "a"
+LOG_FILE = "~/minerva.log"
+
+COMMAND_NAME_SEPERATOR = "\n"
+
+UPDATE_COMMANDS = [
+	["uptime:", "uptime"],
+	["mdstat:", 'cat /proc/mdstat | grep block | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /"'],
+	["lxc:", 'lxc-ls -f -F name,state | grep -v "NAME" | grep -v \- | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/ /: /" | sed "s/RUNNING/UP/" | sed "s/STOPPED/DOWN/"'],
+	["df:", 'df -h --output=source,size,used | grep /dev/ | grep -v tmpfs | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /" | sed "s/  / /"']
+]

main.py

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+import twitter
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import datetime
+import time
+
+from config import *
+
+logfile = open(LOG_FILE, LOG_TYPE)
+
+def log(text):
+	logfile.write(datetime.datetime.now().isoformat() + ": " + text))
+
+def connect():
+	api = twitter.Api(
+		consume_key = CONSUMER_KEY,
+		consumer_secret = CONSUMER_SECRET,
+		access_token_key = ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY,
+		access_token_secret = ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
+	)
+	return api
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+	log("starting minerva")
+
+	lastChange = 0
+
+	lastChange = api.getDirectMessages(since_id = lastChange)[0].GetId()
+	lastChange = api.getMentions(since_id = lastChange)[0].GetId()
+
+	while true:
+		if ALLOW_COMMANDS:
+			dms = api.getDirectMessages(since_id = lastChange)
+			
+			commandsToExecute = []
+			for dm in dms:
+				if COMMAND_SOURCE_ACCOUNTS.__len__() == 0:
+					commandsToExecute.append([
+						dm.GetSenderScreenName(), 
+						dm.GetText()
+					])
+				else
+					for user in COMMAND_SOURCE_ACCOUNTS:
+						if dm.GetSenderScreenName() == user:
+							commandsToExecute.append([
+								dm.GetSenderScreenName(), 
+								dm.GetText()
+							])
+						else
+							log("unprivileged user @" + dm.GetSenderScreenName() + " tried to execute command (dm) \"" + dm.GetText().replace("\n", "\\n") + "\"\n")
+
+			if ! ALLOW_ONLY_DM_COMMANDS:
+				mentions = api.GetMentions(since_id = lastChange)
+				for mention in mentions:
+				if COMMAND_SOURCE_ACCOUNTS.__len__() == 0:
+					commandsToExecute.append([
+						mention.GetUser().GetScreenName(), 
+						mention.GetText()
+					])
+				else
+					for user in COMMAND_SOURCE_ACCOUNTS:
+						if mention.GetUser().GetScreenName() == user:
+							commandsToExecute.append([
+								mention.GetUser().GetScreenName(),
+								mention.GetText()
+							])
+						else
+							log("unprivileged user @" + mention.GetUser().GetScreenName() + " tried to execute command \"" + mention.GetText().replace("\n", "\\n") + "\"\n")
+
+		
+			for command in commandsToExecute:
+				log("executing command (@" + command[0] + ") \"" + command[1].replace("\n", "\\n") + "\"")
+				output = subprocess.Popen(command[1], shell=True, stdout=PIPE).stdout.read()
+				log("result: " + output);
+				if (output + command[0]).len() + 2 > 140:
+					api.PostUpdate(status = command[0] + "Output of command is too long. I'm sry. : /")
+				else
+					api.PostUpdate(status = command[0] + " " + output)
+	
+
+		for command in UPDATE_COMMANDS:
+			output = subprocess.Popen(command[1], shell=True, stdout=PIPE).stdout.read()
+			api.PostUpdate(status = (command[0] + COMMAND_NAME_SEPERATOR + output))
+
+	
+		time.sleep(5 * 60) 
+