Twitter bot script example added

Author: deniederhut

scripts/twitter_bot.py

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+#!/bin/env python
+
+import json
+from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1Session
+import time
+import yaml
+
+# Normally we would organize this as a class, but we haven't talked
+# about how or why to do that yet
+
+# Getting credentials
+with open('../etc/creds.yml', 'r') as f:
+    creds = yaml.load(f)
+
+# Setting up Twitter OAuth object
+twitter = OAuth1Session(**creds)
+search_endpoint = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json"
+post_endpoint = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json"
+
+# Enter your search parameters here
+search_parameters = {'q' : 'DlabAtBerkeley'}
+
+# Here is our main function
+def main():
+    # You may want to set a condition here, like 'never on Sunday'
+    while True:
+        r = twitter.get(search_endpoint, search_parameters)
+        if r.ok:
+            for tweet in r:
+                status = r['text']
+                # You may want to set a condition here
+                if True:
+                    # Enter your post parameters here
+                    post_parameters = {
+                        'status' : status + ' @dillonniederhut'
+                    }
+                    p = r.post(post_endpoint, post_parameters)
+                    if p.ok:
+                        print(time.asctime(), post_parameters, p.status)
+                    else raise BaseException(r.reason)
+                    time.sleep(30)
+        # Else, iff you are exceeding the rate limit
+        elif r.status_code == 429:
+            time.sleep(60)
+        else:
+            raise BaseException(r.reason)
+
+# This bit of syntax tells Python not to run this code when imported
+# into an interactive session, but only when it is called as a program
+# from bash or another program.
+
+if __name__ == 'main':
+    main()