put in more escapes. har har har.

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 *.swp
+.idea/
+last_rt
 ticketfrei.cfg
 seen_toots.pickle
 seen_toots.pickle.part

twitter/main.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+
 __author__ = "b3yond"
 
 import twitter
+import requests
 from time import sleep
 
 """
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ How to get these keys is described in doc/twitter_api.md
 
 After you received keys, store them in ../../api_keys, one at a line.
 """
-with open("../../api_keys", "r") as file:
+with open("../appkeys/ticketfrei@twitter.com", "r") as file:
     keys = file.readlines()
     for i in keys:
         print i,
@@ -23,32 +25,58 @@ api = twitter.Api(consumer_key = keys[0].strip(),
 
 
 # This counter is needed to keep track which was the last tweet you retweeted
-last_rt = ""
+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.txt", "r") as file:
+with open("../triggerwords", "r") as file:
     triggers = file.readlines()
 
+try:
+    while 1:
+        sleep(1)
 
-while 1:
-    sleep(1)
-
-    # Store all mentions in a list of Status Objects
-    mentions = api.GetMentions(since_id=last_rt)
-    print mentions
-    for i in mentions:
-        print i.user.name, i.user.id, i.text  # debug
-
-        # Is the Text of the Tweet in the triggerlist?
-        for j in triggers:
-            if i.text.lower().find(j):
-
-                # Retweet status, save the id so it doesn't get crawled again
+        # 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:
-                    feedback = api.PostRetweet(i.id)
-                    print feedback
-                except twitter.error.TwitterError:
-                    print("[ERROR] probably you already retweeted this tweet.")
-                last_rt = i.id
-                break
+                    mentions = api.GetMentions(since_id=last_rt)
+                    done = True
+                except:
+                    sleep(10)
+
+        print mentions
+        for i in mentions:
+            print i.user.name, i.user.id, i.text  # debug
+
+            # Is the Text of the Tweet in the triggerlist?
+            for j in triggers:
+                if i.text.lower().find(j):
+
+                    # Retweet status
+                    try:
+                        api.PostRetweet(i.id)
+
+                    # 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 requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+                        done = False
+                        while done == False:
+                            try:
+                                api.PostRetweet(i.id)
+                                done = True
+                            except:
+                                sleep(10)
+
+                    # 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")
+    with open("../last_rt", "w") as file:
+        file.write(last_rt)