OSError thrown from _GetUsername when accessed from non tty terminal about python-twitter HOT 17 OPEN

This also is a problem with the os.getlogin() call from _GetUsername. This fails
(throws an OSError) if there is no TTY attached.

VERSION:
The 0.5 download from the frontpage.

EXCEPTION:
twitter.py:1451 __init__
twitter.py:1508 _InitializeRootDirectory
twitter.py:1502 _GetTmpCachePath
twitter.py:1498 _GetUsername
<type 'exceptions.OSError'>: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Confirming this issue. I get the same error when trying to use it in Google App
Engine environment. Here is the code:

{{{
import wsgiref.handlers
from google.appengine.ext import webapp
import simplejson
import twitter

class MainHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):

  def get(self):
    pass
    api = twitter.Api()
    statuses = api.GetPublicTimeline()


def main():
  application = webapp.WSGIApplication([('/', MainHandler)], debug=True)
  wsgiref.handlers.CGIHandler().run(application)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()
}}}

This throws the following error:

{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Google\google_appengine\google\appengine\ext\webapp
\__init__.py", line 499, in __call__
    handler.get(*groups)
  File "C:\Program Files\Google\google_appengine\is-twitter-happy\main.py", line 29,
in get
    api = twitter.Api()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\python_twitter-0.5-py2.5.egg\twitter.py", line
900, in __init__
    self._cache = _FileCache()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\python_twitter-0.5-py2.5.egg\twitter.py", line
1451, in __init__
    self._InitializeRootDirectory(root_directory)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\python_twitter-0.5-py2.5.egg\twitter.py", line
1508, in _InitializeRootDirectory
    root_directory = self._GetTmpCachePath()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\python_twitter-0.5-py2.5.egg\twitter.py", line
1502, in _GetTmpCachePath
    username = self._GetUsername()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\python_twitter-0.5-py2.5.egg\twitter.py", line
1498, in _GetUsername
    os.getlogin() or \
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'getlogin'
}}}

The noTTY.patch is now applied in trunk.  Really sorry for the delay -- I 
didn't see
this issue open.  Thanks so much for the reports and the fix!

I've just downloaded the most recent version, but seem to have the same problem 
when I 
use it with google appengine? is the noTTY.patch something I have to apply 
manually?

I think AttributeError needs to be caught as well

this isnt fixed. seeing this issue at my end also.

work for me !
Actually I didnt update the twitter.py .
But I manually added the pacth and its working 

Obs: I'm using inside pinax version not updated  + apache + wsgi. 

I have this issue too

Same problem in Google App Engine.

what version are you using? 0.5 or 0.6 ?

__version__ = '0.8.1'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\google_appengine\google\appengine\tools\dev_appserver.py", line 3245, in _HandleRequest
    self._Dispatch(dispatcher, self.rfile, outfile, env_dict)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\google_appengine\google\appengine\tools\dev_appserver.py", line 3186, in _Dispatch
    base_env_dict=env_dict)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\google_appengine\google\appengine\tools\dev_appserver.py", line 531, in Dispatch
    base_env_dict=base_env_dict)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\google_appengine\google\appengine\tools\dev_appserver.py", line 2410, in Dispatch
    self._module_dict)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\google_appengine\google\appengine\tools\dev_appserver.py", line 2320, in ExecuteCGI
    reset_modules = exec_script(handler_path, cgi_path, hook)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\google_appengine\google\appengine\tools\dev_appserver.py", line 2216, in ExecuteOrImportScript
    exec module_code in script_module.__dict__
  File "C:\Users\ramayac\Desktop\TrendingSV\main.py", line 31, in <module>
    api = twitter.Api()
  File "C:\Users\ramayac\Desktop\TrendingSV\twitter.py", line 1970, in __init__
    self.SetCache(cache)
  File "C:\Users\ramayac\Desktop\TrendingSV\twitter.py", line 3274, in SetCache
    self._cache = _FileCache()
  File "C:\Users\ramayac\Desktop\TrendingSV\twitter.py", line 3607, in __init__
    self._InitializeRootDirectory(root_directory)
  File "C:\Users\ramayac\Desktop\TrendingSV\twitter.py", line 3667, in _InitializeRootDirectory
    root_directory = self._GetTmpCachePath()
  File "C:\Users\ramayac\Desktop\TrendingSV\twitter.py", line 3661, in _GetTmpCachePath
    username = self._GetUsername()
  File "C:\Users\ramayac\Desktop\TrendingSV\twitter.py", line 3655, in _GetUsername
    os.getlogin() or \
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'getlogin'

ouch!

ok, i'll bump that up to the top for this weekend's work - thanks for the report

haha, no problem, thanks! :D

Is there any known work-around for this on AppEngine or is it fixed in a recent 
beta version?

Disregard last, passing cache=None to Api() seems to have gotten around this. 
Thanks!

I still have this problem when running in AppEngine

__version__ = '0.8.2'