Tweet Quote Bot

A twitter bot that tweets a game of thrones quote every 24 hours. The quotes are stored in the data.json file as a JSON object.

Local Development Setup

N.B: You will need to have a twitter developers account. So make sure you already have one or go to Twitter Developers to create a developer account. After doing that, you can proceed to doing the steps listed below:

1. Clone project repository
2. Navigate into project repository i.e cd tweet-quote-bot
3. Set up a virtual environment for the project: $ python3 -m venv or $ py -3 -m venv
4. Create a credentials.py file
5. Add the following information to it:

ACCESS_TOKEN=YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN-SECRET
API_KEY=YOUR-API-KEY
API_SECRET_KEY=YOUR-API-SECRET-KEY

6. Install the requirements: $ pip install -r requirements.txt
7. In bot.py, import your credentials.py file i.e import credentials, then change lines 9-12, thus:

consumer_key = credentials.API_KEY
consumer_secret_key = credentials.API_SECRET_KEY
access_token = credentials.ACCESS_TOKEN
access_token_secret = credentials.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET

8. Save changes and run bot.py.
9. To stop script at any point in time press ctrl + c.

Deployment to Heroku

You can follow the tutorial found here UPDATE: I wrote about it here also.

Example Quotes

1. I am a Khaleesi of the Dothraki. I am the wife of the great Kahl and I carry his son inside me. The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands. ~ Daenerys Targaryen
2. "Oh, monster? Perhaps you should speak to me more softly then. Monsters are dangerous and just now Kings are dying like flies." ~ Tyrion

References

1. How to set up a twitter bot with Python and Heroku
2. Build and Deploy Twitter Bots with Python, Tweepy and PythonAnywhere
3. Selecting Random Item From a List
4. Deploying python applications with heroku