Twitter Bot: Auto Retweet with #LFC

This is a Twitter bot written in Python using the Tweepy library that automatically retweets any tweet containing the hashtag #LFC (Liverpool Football Club). It uses the Twitter API to authenticate and interact with the Twitter platform.

Prerequisites

Before running the bot, make sure you have the following:

Python 3.x installed on your machine
Tweepy library installed (pip install tweepy)
Twitter API credentials (consumer key, consumer secret, access token, and access token secret) obtained from the Twitter Developer Portal.

Installation

Clone this repository to your local machine:
```
git clone [repository_url]
```
Navigate to the project directory:
```
cd [project_directory]
```
Install the required dependencies using pip:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Configuration

To configure the Twitter API credentials, you have two options:

Option 1: Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the project directory.

Open the .env file and add the following lines:

consumer_key=[your_consumer_key]
consumer_secret=[your_consumer_secret]
access_token=[your_access_token]
access_token_secret=[your_access_token_secret]

Replace [your_consumer_key], [your_consumer_secret], [your_access_token], and [your_access_token_secret] with your actual Twitter API credentials.

Option 2: Direct Configuration

Alternatively, you can directly modify the create_api() function in the code and replace the corresponding variables with your Twitter API credentials:

consumer_key = 'your_consumer_key'
consumer_secret = 'your_consumer_secret'
access_token = 'your_access_token'
access_token_secret = 'your_access_token_secret'

Usage

To run the bot, execute the following command:

python bot.py

The bot will start streaming tweets with the given keywords and automatically retweet any tweet that contains the hashtag #LFC. It will also mark those tweets as Liked.

To customize the keywords, modify the main() function in the code and provide a list of desired keywords:

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(["#LFC", "#Liverpool", "#YNWA"])

Deploying to Heroku

To deploy the Twitter bot to Heroku, follow these steps:

Create a new Heroku app either through the Heroku website or using the Heroku CLI.
Set the required environment variables (consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, and access_token_secret) in your Heroku app's settings.
Push the code to your Heroku app's repository:
```
git push heroku main
```
Scale up the worker dyno:
```
heroku ps:scale worker=1
```

Your bot will now be deployed on Heroku and start retweeting tweets with the specified keywords.

Note: Make sure your Heroku account is verified to use the worker dyno.

License

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dipinknair / LFC_twitter_bot