APOD Bot

A social media bot that posts NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) everyday.

Links

• Twitter: @dailyAPOD
• Instagram: @dailyapod

Notable features

• Alt text for images on Twitter
• Support for both PNG and JPG image files on both platforms
• Support for videos on both platforms, with platform-specific requirements being taken into account
• Images are always posted in the highest available resolution (the only limitation is each platform's file size limit)
• Every image (or thumbnail if video) is also posted as an Instagram story

Technologies used

• TypeScript
• ffmpeg
• youtube-dl

Post examples

Platform	Screenshot
Twitter
Twitter (image with alt text)
Instagram