finished the standalone twitter bot!

README.md

@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ $ pip3 install Mastodon.py pytoml
 - [x] How to crawl mentions with the mastodon API
 - [x] How to boost people with the mastodon API
 - [x] How to access the twitter API
-- [ ] How to crawl mentions with the twitter API
-- [ ] How to retweet people with the twitter API
+- [x] How to crawl mentions with the twitter API
+- [x] How to retweet people with the twitter API
 
 ## to do
 
-- [ ] Twitter: Crawl mentions
+- [x] Twitter: Crawl mentions
 - [ ] Mastodon: Crawl mentions
 - [ ] Write toots/tweets to database
-- [ ] Twitter: retweet people
+- [x] Twitter: retweet people
 - [ ] Mastodon: boost people
 - [ ] Mastodon: toot who has been retweeted on twitter
 - [ ] Twitter: tweet who has been boosted on mastodon

triggerwords

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+kontrolle
+ticketfrei
+konti
+db
+zivil
+sicherheit
+uniform
+station
+bus
+bahn
+tram
+linie
+nuernberg
+nbg
+nürnberg
+s1
+s2
+s3
+u1
+u2
+u3
+s4
+u21
+u11

twitter/main.py

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ After you received keys, store them in ../../api_keys, one at a line.
 """
 with open("../appkeys/ticketfrei@twitter.com", "r") as file:
     keys = file.readlines()
-    for i in keys:
-        print i,
+    for status in keys:
+        print status,
 
 
 # create an Api object
@@ -25,58 +25,61 @@ api = twitter.Api(consumer_key = keys[0].strip(),
 
 
 # This counter is needed to keep track which was the last tweet you retweeted
+# ACTUALLY it keeps track of the last mention, whether you retweeted it or not.
 with open("../last_rt", "r+") as file:
     last_rt = file.read()
 
 
 # Words which have to be included into the tweets for the tweet to get retweeted
 with open("../triggerwords", "r") as file:
-    triggers = file.readlines()
+    triggers = [s.strip() for s in file.readlines()]
 
 try:
     while 1:
         sleep(1)
 
         # Store all mentions in a list of Status Objects
-        try:
-            mentions = api.GetMentions(since_id=last_rt)
-        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-            done = False
-            while done == False:
-                try:
-                    mentions = api.GetMentions(since_id=last_rt)
-                    done = True
-                except:
-                    sleep(10)
+        done = False
+        while not done:
+            try:
+                mentions = api.GetMentions(since_id=last_rt)
+                done = True
+            except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+                print("[ERROR] Bad Connection.")
+                sleep(10)
 
-        print mentions
-        for i in mentions:
-            print i.user.name, i.user.id, i.text  # debug
+        print mentions  # debug
+        for status in mentions:
 
             # Is the Text of the Tweet in the triggerlist?
-            for j in triggers:
-                if i.text.lower().find(j):
+            should_retweet = False
+            for triggerword in triggers:
+                if status.text.lower().find(triggerword):
+                    should_retweet = True
+                    break
 
-                    # Retweet status
+            # Retweet status
+            if should_retweet:
+                done = False
+                while not done:
                     try:
-                        api.PostRetweet(i.id)
+                        api.PostRetweet(status.id)
+                        done = True
 
                     # This is an Error we need to get rid of. Why are tweets RTed twice?
-                    except twitter.error.TwitterError:
-                        print("[ERROR] probably you already retweeted this tweet.")
+#                    except twitter.error.TwitterError:
+#                        print("[ERROR] probably you already retweeted this tweet.")
+#                        done = True
                     except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-                        done = False
-                        while done == False:
-                            try:
-                                api.PostRetweet(i.id)
-                                done = True
-                            except:
-                                sleep(10)
+                        print("[ERROR] Bad Connection.")
+                        sleep(10)
+
+            # save the id so it doesn't get crawled again
+            last_rt = status.id
+            print last_rt
 
-                    # save the id so it doesn't get crawled again
-                    last_rt = i.id
-                    break
 except:
-    api.PostDirectMessage("Help! I broke down. restart me pls :$", "801098086005243904", "links_tech")
+    print "[ERROR] Shit went wrong, closing down."
     with open("../last_rt", "w") as file:
-        file.write(last_rt)
+        file.write(str(last_rt))
+    api.PostDirectMessage("Help! I broke down. restart me pls :$", "801098086005243904", "links_tech")