Python script to search Twitter for a phrase / hashtag / whatever and reply to a returned result with random pre-defined phrases. I did this on Ubuntu 16.04, but Python anywhere would work, I guess. I stupidly screwed up my Python versions - don't make my mistake and install it properly or use a suitable venv.
- Python (3.6+)
- Twython
python ––version
If nothing is returned or version is lower than 3.6 add a new repo (this repo is usually more current than official):
sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt update
And install...
sudo apt install python3 && sudo apt install pip3 -y
Do $ python -- version again and check if the new version was installed. If you had python 2 installed previously it might show that old version because we've not updated .env. in which case check the Python 3 version using python3 --version and use $ python3 ... if you're lazy and don't want to set things up as they should be.
Install using pip
either pip install twython or pip3 install twython (depending on the situation as described above).
pip install twython
git clone https://github.com/hamboneZA/TwitterSearchReplyBot.git
Append the Twitter API credentials to auth.py (there's some guidance in in the file):
nano auth.py
TODO: a responses.txt so adding replies is less technical.
Add all the possible responses to twitter_app.py
nano twitter_app.py
rand_message = ['Did you mean "unpredictable?"', 'Did you mean "inconsistent"?', 'Did you mean "temperamental"?', 'Did you mean "unreliable"?',]
Responses should be surrounded by single-quotes and separated by a comma. If a literal single-quote is expected to print in the reply it should be escaped like '. The final response must be followed by a comma. All replies must be surrounded by [ ].
.... Done!
Run the script and enter the search terms when prompted.
python twitter_app.py
You may need to make the file executable, if so do sudo chmod -x twitter_app.py. Until stopped this will search every 5 seconds and reply with one of the random phrases set until killed with a Ctrl+C interrupt.
- Change search input to behave with advanced search API.
- A single phrases.py to add possible replies and API keys.
- Add requirements.txt for automated dependencies installation and ...
- Make initial setup script to populate auth.py, phrases.py and wait.py
- Expect -- [param] arguments to run as an unattended bot (in a detched tmux / something).