This is a Desert Bus Gifbot for Twitter that's (obviously) heavily forked from Erin Mckean's fantastic blank lamba bot template. So yes I "made" the bit that goes on top but the heavy lifting is all Erin, so I'm including her original README below because I don't know what's appropriate to do here. Shrug emoji!
#Blank AWS Lambda Bot
##Instructions There's a more detailed writeup here.
Prerequisites: I assume you have node and npm installed. Need help installing either? Here's a link for you.
- Clone this repo
- Run
npm install - Open in your favorite editor.
##Configuration
To run this bot yourself you will need Twitter and AWS credentials.
#####For Twitter, you will need:
- a Twitter account
- a Twitter application (not the same as a Twitter account; apply for one at apps.twitter.com)
- a Consumer Key, a Consumer Secret, an Access Token, and your Access Token Secret
Put this information in the temp-config.js file, and rename it to config.js.
######For AWS, you will need:
- an AWS account (you'll need to know your AWS account number)
- a new AWS user for this bot (and its Access Key ID and the Secret Access Key)
- the AWS CLI installed
- a local profile configured to use your new user's credentials
Attach the AWSLambdaFullAccess Policy to your new user. Need help setting up an AWS account or user?
######Configuring for Lambda
Open the temp-lambda-config.js file and update the 'profile', 'role', 'region', and 'function name' fields. Rename this file to lambda-config.js.
If you change the name of the index.js file, you'll need to update it in both the lambda-config.js file and the gulpfile.
######Tests
There are tests for the functions in index.js in the tests/test.js file. Run them with npm test.
##Source Data
To add text for your bot to tweet, add it in the botfiles/sample-text.js directory.
IMPORTANT: you must install the botfiles folder as a local module before deploying:
npm install --save ./YOURPATH/botfiles
If you make changes, you must update the installation:
rm -rf node_module/botfiles && npm install /YOURPATH/botfiles
##Deploy
To deploy, run the tests (and also gulp lint). When you're happy with that output, run gulp deploy.
##Lambda Your function will now be available in the Lambda console! You can configure a test event there (use '{}') and try it out!
You can also set up your bot to run on a schedule using the "Event Sources" tab in the Lambda function console.
##Thank Yous Thanks to Darius Kazemi for the wordfilter module and for the .pick function. Thanks to Thoughtworks for the wonderful node-aws-lambda module. Thanks also to Allison Parrish and David Celis for reviewing; all errors remain the exclusive property & reponsibility of the author. :-)