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+# Template file for 'python-twitter'
+pkgname=python-twitter
+version=2.2
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="twitter"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+depends="python-requests python-requests-oauthlib"
+short_desc="Python2 wrapper around the Twitter API"
+maintainer="Peter Bui <pnutzh4x0r@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/bear/python-twitter"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b70648c6026ef3772a1c911382d9fd8651fe0b673c15aad7d38d6f685c7c4dc2