rostweet
The rostweet package provides a bridge between ROS nodes and the Twitter microblogging service.
Install
The following instructions assume that $ROS_HOME points to the base installation directory of your ROS distribution, e.g. /opt/ros/kinetic. Substitute as appropriate.
Install system dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/xperroni/rostweet.git
Create a catkin workspace (or cd into an existing one) and link the package directories into it. For a new workspace, you can use the commands below:
mkdir -p ws/src
cd ws/src
catkin_init_workspace
find $(cd ../.. ; pwd)/rostweet/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name 'ros*' | while read path; do ln -s $path $(basename $path); done
cd ..
If you haven't done so yet, source the ROS environment:
source $ROS_HOME/setup.bash
Build and install the rostweet packages:
catkin_make install -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$ROS_HOME -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
Usage
After starting roscore you can run the rostweet bridge with:
rosrun rostweet bridge
This will ask for username and password to be manually entered. See the rostweet/launch/ subdirectory for example launch files.
Once the service is running, you can manually test it using RQT. Open the GUI and select Plugin -> Services -> Services Caller:
Then use the Service Caller interface to configure and send a tweet:
A tweet should then be posted to the connected account.
Also see rostweet/examples/post.cpp for how to access the bridge service programmatically.