Wiki-Twitter-Bot

A bot that sends a search query to Twitter API, returns a result that matches the search; likes and retweets the most recent tweet returned. The keyword(s) used in the bot so far are: #wikimedia, #mediawiki, etc...

How to try out the bot

1. Clone project:

git clone https://github.com/ch3nkula/Wiki-Twit-Bot.git

2. Install Need Package Manager/Management (NPM) on Mac OS X:

brew install npm

3. Change directory to the project and install dependencies for the project:

npm install

4. Get credentials for your bot and complete the .env

• When logged-in on the Twitter's developer site, check the link on the top menu My apps (and it will take you to this site: https://apps.twitter.com/) or go straight away to type: https://apps.twitter.com/ on your browser.

• On the top-right, there is a button saying Create New App, click on it and follow the steps to fill in the form fields.

• Click the Create your Twitter Application button when you finish the immediate above step.

• Once the application is created, under the Details section, you will find the credentials to fill into your .env file and additionally, under the Keys and Access tokens, you will find all the keys and access tokens needed in the .env file.

• When all these configs are done, your app can then connect to Twitter successfully and perform its various functions.

5. Run the bot using:

npm start

or

node server.js

6. You are almost done, deploy the app to run as a web service and there you go 👍