RandomMap

@random_map is a Twitter Bot that runs every several hours on a Raspberry Pi and tweets random aerial images of the Earth. Inspired by the Earth View extension for Google Chrome. I had a five hour layover and decided to be productive.

Code

RandomMap picks a random continent (except Antarctica) and generates a random coordinates inside the chosen continent. It then uses the Google Maps API to download satellite and terrain images of the generated coordinates, and tweets the pictures!

Run

Run npm ci to download project dependencies

Create a keys.js file and create objects to hold your Twitter and Google Developer API keys. Make sure to export them, too:

const google = {
    key: '...',
};
const twitter = {
    consumer_key: '...',
    consumer_secret: '...',
    access_token: '...',
    access_token_secret: '...'
};

module.exports = {
    google,
    twitter
};

Now you're all set. Simply do npm run local