import json, urllib, urllib2

def twitter_text(twitter_url):
    embedly_parameters = {"url": twitter_url}
    embedly_querystring = urllib.urlencode(embedly_parameters)
    embedly_url = "http://api.embed.ly/1/oembed?" + embedly_querystring
    embedly_response = urllib2.urlopen(embedly_url)
    embedly_data = json.load(embedly_response)
    return "%s: %s" % (embedly_data["author_name"], embedly_data["description"])

print twitter_text("http://twitter.com/ubuntuza/status/258091994033840129")
print twitter_text("http://twitter.com/inetpro/status/265487482571862016")