Python-Twitter-Bot

TITLE :- Twitter Bot

DESCRIPTION :- Scripts to fetch twitter data using Twitter API

ABOUT THE PROJECT :-

In this project we are going to build bots using twitter API. We will be building 4 twitter bots.

1. 1_MyInfo.py -> This bot fetches my info such as username, screenname, no.of followers, public tweets from my home page.

2. 2_FollowBack.py -> This bot automatically follows back all my followers.

3. 3_KeywordLike.py -> This bot favorites the given number of tweets of a given keyword. For ex. if keyword = 'python' and no. of tweets = 5, then it will favorite the first 5 tweets which has the word python.

4. 4_Favorite.py -> This bot favorites the given number of tweets of a given follower name.

Twitter API :-

• Need to have Twitter account.
• Twitter API is a permissive API.
• Twitter is very cautious when it comes to people creating spam bots.
• Therefore, one needs to apply to get access to their API (IT'S FREE).

SETTING UP AN ACCOUNT :-

• Go to link https://developer.twitter.com/en
• Login using your twitter username and password.
• Click on apply
• Choose any one for ex:-student.
• Verify and click next.
• fill in the details and click next.
• How will you use the twitter API or Twitter Data -- be genuine and ethical and write that you want to use it for learning purpose and exploring api and so on.
• verify and submit application
• It will usually take a day or two, or sometimes more, for your application to be reviewed by Twitter.
• Results will be se nt through email.

CREATING AN APP :-

• Goto developer twitter account and click on Projects & Apps.
• Click on Create App and name your app then click on complete.
• You will get you API Key(consumer_key), API Secret Key(consumer_secret) and Bearer Token, copy them and save it seperatly.
• Click on your app name.
• Goto app details and then click on Keys & Tokens Tab.
• You can find all your keys here.
• In the Access Token & Secret session click on generate button.
• Again save the keys along with rest of the keys.

THE REQUIRED TOOLS :-

• Tweepy Module : An easy-to-use Python library for accessing the Twitter API.

  pip install tweepy
  

• CSV Module :-

  • The so-called CSV (Comma Separated Values) format is the most common import and export format for spreadsheets and databases.

  • The csv module implements classes to read and write tabular data in CSV format.

  • The CSV Module is a built in module.