jemshit / Py2DeathWatcher

Python 2 end support Countdown Bot, sends Tweet everyday.

Py2DeathWatcher

Setup

1. cd workspaceDirectory
2. git clone https://github.com/jemshit/Py2DeathWatcher.git
3. cd Py2DeathWatcher
4. Create file files/twitter_api_secrets.toml with content:

TWITTER_API_KEY_PY2WATCHER = 'twitter developer api key'
TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY_PY2WATCHER = 'twitter developer api secret key'

5. App uses OS-User default crontab file to schedule jobs. If you want to use custom crontab file:

   a. Replace CronTab(user=True) with CronTab(user=None, tabfile=TAB_FILE)

   b. USER_CRONTAB_ENABLED = True

   c. Replace self.cron.write_to_user() with self.cron.write(TAB_FILE)

   d. In terminal, crontab workspaceDirectory/Py2DeathWatcher/files/cron_jobs.tab

6. pip3 install virtualenv

7. virtualenv venv

8. source venv/bin/activate

9. pip3 install -r requirements.txt

10. chmod +x src/app.py (to create files)

11. python3 src/app.py

If everything goes well, it will send first tweet and schedule the next tweet job.