sparrow
A lightweight shell for Twitter botmaking
This is for Python version 3
Remember:
- Generally do NOT put your API credentials in your source code
- API creds are sensitive information that can control access to accounts
- I'm only doing this so you can have an easy demo
Setup Steps
Here are some things you should make sure are done before working with this repository.
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Install Python3 You can get this for free on the Python website - https://www.python.org/downloads/
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Create a Python virtual environment
python -m venv my_venv
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Turn on the virtual environment On Mac or Linux
source my_venv/bin/activate
On Windowsmy_venv\Scripts\activate
After this your terminal/command prompt should look something like this(my_venv) $
or this(my_venv) C:\Users\yourusername>
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Install Twython Now that your Python virtual environment is turned on you should be able to install Twython with:
pip install twython
But if you have any issues you can check the documentation here: https://twython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/install.html
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Then you can start working in the sparrow.py file to get your bot up and running.
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When you're done, run the program in your terminal or command prompt:
python sparrow.py