forgot to add utils.py

itf/frontpage/utils.py

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+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.cache import cache
+from twython import Twython, TwythonError
+ 
+#from myproject.utils.twitter_parser import Parser
+ 
+def get_latest_tweets():
+    """
+        Gets latest tweet from the Twitter user specified in settings.
+        Caches latest tweet for 10 minutes to reduce API calls
+    """
+    #latest_tweet = cache.get('latest_tweet')
+    latest_tweet = None
+    if not latest_tweet:
+        #parser = Parser()
+ 
+        twitter = Twython(settings.TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY,
+                          settings.TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET,
+                          settings.TWITTER_OAUTH_TOKEN,
+                          settings.TWITTER_OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)
+        try:
+            user_timeline = twitter.get_user_timeline(screen_name=settings.TWITTER_USER)
+        except TwythonError as e:
+            return {"latest_tweet": e}
+ 
+        latest_tweets = user_timeline[0:5]
+        #latest_tweet['text'] = parser.parse(latest_tweet['text']).html
+        #cache.set('latest_tweet', latest_tweet, settings.TWITTER_TIMEOUT)
+    return latest_tweets