text: import tweepy # for tweeting
  import wikipedia # to parse data from wikipedia
  import datetime # to get date; actual wiki page has more info than "on this day"
  import random
  from credentials import *
  
  def get_date():
      """ returns today's date as string, e.g. 'January 01' """
      today = datetime.date.today() # ex 2015-10-31
      return today.strftime("%B %d")
  
  def get_event():
      """ returns a string 140 characters or less of a random Events item """
      this_day = wikipedia.page(get_date())
      events = this_day.section("Events") # unicode
      # split unicode into list items
      lines = events.split('\n')
      # get random item in list
      item_index = random.randrange(len(lines))
      event_text = lines[item_index]
      # tweet the whole sentence if it's short enough
      if len(event_text) <= 140:
          return event_text
      # otherwise just print the first 137 characters plus "..." = 140
      else:
          return event_text[0:137] + "..."
  
  def tweet(message):
    
  
      auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
      auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_SECRET)
      api = tweepy.API(auth)
      print("TWEETING! ".format(message))
      api.update_status(status=message)
      """ Send tweet """
      #auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(secrets.consumer_key, secrets.consumer_secret)
      #auth.set_access_token(secrets.access_token, secrets.access_token_secret)
      #api = tweepy.API(auth)
      #auth.secure = True
      # print("Posting message {}".format(message))
      #api.update_status(status=message)
  
  tweet(get_event())