Collection of Twitter bots developed in Python for use on a Raspberry Pi. Scripts adapted from an article on PiMyLifeUp. Both scripts can be seen in action on my Twitter feed.
In addition to Python system libraries, the Twython Twitter-API wrapper library is used. Check out the repo and documentation.
Emojis can be used in tweets if you specify their code in proper Unicode format. For example, the code for the Robot emoji is listed as U+1F916 so the Python code would look like:
ROBOT_EMOJI = u'\U0001F916'The full list of Unicode Emojis can be found here.
The PromoBot script has the ability to pass in arguments in order to switch between different promotional messages. This allows you to set up multiple CRON jobs pointing at the same script to send out different tweets.
The TemperatureBot script can read the CPU temperature in Celcius and convert to Fahrenheit. I've included the Unicode symbol for both. Also, it can determine the time of day:
- 2am to 12pm is considered morning
- Noon to 6pm is considered afternoon
- 6pm to 2am is considered evening
In order to use these scripts you must follow the first 4 steps under Registering a Twitter app on thePiMyLifeUp tutorial to generate your keys and then enter them at the top of each script. You must also install python and twython, copy your scripts over and make them executable according to the instructions.
Finally, follow the Automating your Twitter Bot instructions to set up a CRON job. I have the PromoBot run once per day. The TemperatureBot runs 3 times per day at 6am, 2pm and 10pm so the CRON looks like this:
0 6,14,22 * * *
If you just wanted it to run at 15 minutes past the hour every 8 hours the CRON would look like:
15 */8 * * *
The Crontab Guru site is very helpful.
Clone, download, customize and enjoy! Contact me on GitHub if you have any questions or find any bugs.