ticketfrei/retweetbot.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import twitter
import requests
from time import sleep
class Retweetbot(object):
"""
:todo description
api: The api object, generated with your oAuth keys, responsible for communication with twitter rest API
triggers: a list of words, one of them has to be in a tweet for it to be retweeted
last_mention: the ID of the last tweet which mentioned you
"""
def __init__(self, keypath="appkeys/ticketfrei@twitter.com",
historypath="last_mention",
triggerpath="triggerwords",
user_id="801098086005243904",
screen_name="links_tech"):
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"""
Initializes the bot and loads all the necessary data.
:param keypath: Path to the file with API keys
:param historypath: Path to the file with ID of the last retweeted Tweet
:param triggerpath: Path to the file of the triggerwords
"""
keys = self.get_api_keys(keypath)
self.api = twitter.Api(consumer_key=keys[0].strip(),
consumer_secret=keys[1].strip(),
access_token_key=keys[2].strip(),
access_token_secret=keys[3].strip())
self.historypath = historypath
self.triggerpath = triggerpath
self.user_id = user_id
self.screen_name = screen_name
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self.last_mention = bot.get_history(self.historypath)
self.triggers = bot.get_trigger(self.triggerpath)
def get_api_keys(self, path):
"""
How to get these keys is described in doc/twitter_api.md
After you received keys, store them in ../appkeys/appname@service.tld, one at a line:
consumer_key
consumer_secret
access_token_key
access_token_secret
"""
with open(path, "r") as f:
keys = f.readlines()
return keys
def get_history(self, path):
""" This counter is needed to keep track of your mentions, so you don't double RT them """
with open(path, "r+") as f:
last_mention = f.read()
return last_mention
def get_trigger(self, path):
""" Words which have to be included into the tweets for the tweet to get retweeted """
with open(path, "r") as f:
triggers = [s.strip() for s in f.readlines()]
return triggers
def bridge_mastodon(self, status):
"""
Bridge your Retweets to mastodon.
:todo vmann: add all the mastodon API magic.
:param status: Object of a tweet.
:return: toot: text tooted on mastodon, e.g. "_b3yond: There are uniformed controllers in the U2 at Opernhaus."
"""
toot = status.user.name + ": " + status.text
return toot
def crawl_mentions(self):
done = False
mentions = []
while not done:
try:
mentions = self.api.GetMentions(since_id=self.last_mention)
done = True
except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
print("[ERROR] Bad Connection.")
sleep(10)
return mentions
def trigger_rt(self, status):
for triggerword in self.triggers:
if status.text.lower().find(triggerword):
return True
return False
def retweet(self, status):
done = False
while not done:
try:
self.api.PostRetweet(status.id)
self.bridge_mastodon(status)
done = True
# Hopefully we got rid of this error. If not, try to uncomment these lines.
# except twitter.error.TwitterError:
# print("[ERROR] probably you already retweeted this tweet.")
# done = True
except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
print("[ERROR] Bad Connection.")
sleep(10)
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def flow(self):
""" The flow of crawling mentions and retweeting them."""
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# Store all mentions in a list of Status Objects
mentions = self.crawl_mentions()
for status in mentions:
# Is the Text of the Tweet in the triggerlist?
should_retweet = self.trigger_rt(status)
# Retweet status
if should_retweet:
self.retweet(status)
# save the id so it doesn't get crawled again
self.last_mention = status.id
print self.last_mention
def shutdown(self):
print "[ERROR] Shit went wrong, closing down."
with open(self.historypath, "w") as f:
f.write(str(self.last_mention))
self.api.PostDirectMessage("Help! I broke down. restart me pls :$", self.user_id, self.screen_name)
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if __name__ == "main":
# create an Api object
bot = Retweetbot()
try:
bot.flow()
except:
bot.shutdown()