miniature-train

A twitter bot written in Typescript. Features:

• Track multiple phrases (env variable TWITTER_TRACK_PHRASES).
• Retweet the tracked phrases.
• Reply the tracked phrases (env variable TWITTER_REPLY_MESSAGE).

How it works:

1. Reply to a tweet of the user that you want to analyze, and mention the user defined in the TWITTER_ACCOUNT_TO_LISTEN environment variable.
2. The account set with TWITTER_API_KEY, TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY, TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY, TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET_KEY, TWITTER_BEARER_TOKEN will reply to the your tweet with the information.

Environment Variables

TWITTER_API_KEY=xxxxxxxxx
TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY=xxxxxxxxx
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY=xxxxxxxxx
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET_KEY=xxxxxxxxx
TWITTER_BEARER_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxx
TWITTER_TRACK_PHRASES=javascript,typescript,nodejs,programming,software,100daysofcode,wedevelopment
TWITTER_REPLY_MESSAGE="check this out"
MAX_QUEUE_LENGTH=300
ACTION_INTERVAL=72000
BOT_SCREEN_NAME=techrtbotpls

Notes:

• ACTION_INTERVAL: don't set this lower than 72000 ms, or you will hit your twitter api rate limit.
• BOT_SCREEN_NAME: this env variable is used to prevent looping when replying to another bot, set it to your bot twitter account handle (e.g techrtbotpls).

Running the app

# development
$ npm run start:dev

# production mode
$ npm run build && npm run start