This script retweets certain tweets with a specific search query and can use parameters defined in the config file to perform additional actions. To limit Twitter requests it uses a savepoint for each configured query objects, search query id and marks the last tweet it retweeted.
It's Twitter API v1.1 ready.
You need Python 3.4 or later to run mypy. You can have multiple Python versions (2.x and 3.x) installed on the same system without problems.
To download Python 3.4 on Linux, OS X and Windows, packages are available at
Install the dependencies like this:
pip install -r requirements.txt
To start create a copy of config.SAMPLE.json and rename to config.json, then follow the steps below.
- In
config.jsondefine yourquery_objectsin the config file. See https://git.io/fjsGR for an example - In
config.jsondefine yourtwitter_keysto the config file. Find these at https://apps.twitter.com/
If Python is installed correctly and your config.json file is setup, you can run the bot by using:
- $ python retweet.py
Create file at
/etc/cron.d/retweet-bot
With the contents
30 * * * * [your-user-here] cd ~/retweet-bot/src/ && python3 main.py >> ~/retweet-bot/twitter_bot.txt
Please use https://crontab.guru for more infomation on how to set intervals for cron jobs.
Compatible with Python 3.x, tested on Python 3.6.