AttentiveBot

A Twitter bot that finds easily overlooked tweets

Dependencies

• PHP 5.x
• cURL extension

Installation

1. Rename config-example.php as config.php and open it in your text editor
2. Change the SCREEN_NAME to something of your own choosing
3. Using that screen name, sign into https://dev.twitter.com/ (i.e., don't use your personal account)
4. Click on your user icon, choose My Applications
5. Click Create New App
6. Click on your new application
7. Look for "Access level" and click "modify app permissions"
8. Choose "Read, write, and direct messages" (you may be asked to enter and verify a phone number)
9. Click the "API Keys" tab, scroll down and click "Generate access token"
10. Wait a moment, reload the page, then copy and paste the following values into your config.php:
    • API Key
    • API Secret
    • Access token
    • Access token secret
11. Make sure data folder is writable by the web user
12. Load up index.php in a web browser (the page will reload itself; no cron job required!)