diff -r 5378e8a44db1 -r 11c1322cffe6 script/utils/search_topsy.py
--- a/script/utils/search_topsy.py	Tue Nov 05 11:57:19 2013 +0100
+++ b/script/utils/search_topsy.py	Wed Nov 06 02:42:13 2013 +0100
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
-from blessings import Terminal
-from iri_tweet import models, utils
-from iri_tweet.processor import TwitterProcessorStatus
-from optparse import OptionParser
+import argparse
 import logging
 import math
 import re
+import time
+
+from blessings import Terminal
 import requests
-import time
 import twitter
 
+from iri_tweet import models, utils
+from iri_tweet.processor import TwitterProcessorStatus
+
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 APPLICATION_NAME = "Tweet recorder user"
-CONSUMER_KEY = "Vdr5ZcsjI1G3esTPI8yDg"
-CONSUMER_SECRET = "LMhNrY99R6a7E0YbZZkRFpUZpX5EfB1qATbDk1sIVLs"
 
 
 class TopsyResource(object):
     
     def __init__(self, query, **kwargs):
-                
+
         self.options = kwargs
         self.options['q'] = query
         self.url = kwargs.get("url", "http://otter.topsy.com/search.json")
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
         params = {}
         params.update(self.options)
         self.req = requests.get(self.url, params=params)
-        self.res = self.req.json
+        self.res = self.req.json()
         
     def __next_page(self):
         page = self.res.get("response").get("page") + 1
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
         params.update(self.options)
         params['page'] = page
         self.req = requests.get(self.url, params=params)
-        self.res = self.req.json
+        self.res = self.req.json()
 
     def __iter__(self):        
         if not self.req:
@@ -58,19 +59,25 @@
             
 
 
-def get_option():
+def get_options():
     
-    parser = OptionParser()
+    usage = "usage: %(prog)s [options] <connection_str_or_filepath>"
+    
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=usage)
 
-    parser.add_option("-d", "--database", dest="database",
-                      help="Input database", metavar="DATABASE")
-    parser.add_option("-Q", dest="query",
+    parser.add_argument(dest="conn_str",
+                        help="write tweet to DATABASE. This is a connection string", metavar="CONNECTION_STR")
+    parser.add_argument("-Q", dest="query",
                       help="query", metavar="QUERY")
-    parser.add_option("-t", dest="token_filename", metavar="TOKEN_FILENAME", default=".oauth_token",
+    parser.add_argument("-k", "--key", dest="consumer_key",
+                        help="Twitter consumer key", metavar="CONSUMER_KEY")
+    parser.add_argument("-s", "--secret", dest="consumer_secret",
+                        help="Twitter consumer secret", metavar="CONSUMER_SECRET")
+    parser.add_argument("-t", dest="token_filename", metavar="TOKEN_FILENAME", default=".oauth_token",
                       help="Token file name")
-    parser.add_option("-T", dest="topsy_apikey", metavar="TOPSY_APIKEY", default=None,
+    parser.add_argument("-T", dest="topsy_apikey", metavar="TOPSY_APIKEY", default=None,
                       help="Topsy apikey")
-    
+
     utils.set_logging_options(parser)
 
     return parser.parse_args()
@@ -79,17 +86,17 @@
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    (options, args) = get_option()
+    options = get_options()
     
     utils.set_logging(options);
 
 
-    acess_token_key, access_token_secret = utils.get_oauth_token(consumer_key=CONSUMER_KEY, consumer_secret=CONSUMER_SECRET, options.token_filename, application_name=APPLICATION_NAME)
+    acess_token_key, access_token_secret = utils.get_oauth_token(consumer_key=options.consumer_key, consumer_secret=options.consumer_secret, token_file_path=options.token_filename, application_name=APPLICATION_NAME)
 
-    t = twitter.Twitter(domain="api.twitter.com", auth=twitter.OAuth(acess_token_key, access_token_secret, CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET), secure=True)
+    t = twitter.Twitter(domain="api.twitter.com", auth=twitter.OAuth(acess_token_key, access_token_secret, options.consumer_key, options.consumer_secret), secure=True)
     t.secure = True
     
-    conn_str = options.database.strip()
+    conn_str = options.conn_str.strip()
     if not re.match("^\w+://.+", conn_str):
         conn_str = 'sqlite:///' + conn_str
     
@@ -146,10 +153,10 @@
             processor.process()
             session.flush()
             session.commit()
-                        
+
             time_to_sleep = int(math.ceil((tweet.rate_limit_reset - time.mktime(time.gmtime())) / tweet.rate_limit_remaining))
             
-            print "rate limit remaining %s of %s" % (str(tweet.rate_limit_remaining), str(tweet.headers.getheader('x-ratelimit-limit'))) + term.clear_eol()
+            print("rate limit remaining %s of %s" % (str(tweet.rate_limit_remaining), str(tweet.headers.getheader('X-Rate-Limit-Limit'))) + term.clear_eol())
             move_up += 1
             for i in xrange(time_to_sleep):
                 if i: