<%
        try {
            URL timelineURL = new URL("http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.xml");

            def connection = timelineURL.openConnection();
            def text = connection.content.text

            // The following only prints the returned XML
            // in the wiki page as a "code" block.
            // You should replace it by your processing code to
            // exploit only the data relevant to you
            print ("{" + "code}\n")
            print text + "\n"
            print ("{" + "code}\n")
        }
        catch(Exception e) {print e.message}
%>

<%
   try {
     updateURL = new URL("http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml");

     def connection = updateURL.openConnection();

     connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " +
(new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode("username:password".getBytes())));

     connection.setDoOutput(true);
     connection.setRequestMethod("POST");

     def osr = new OutputStreamWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
     osr.write("status="+"Here the status you want to update");          
     osr.close();

     def responseText = connection.content.text

     //[...]

   } catch (Exception e) {
     print( e.message + "\n" )
   }
%>