pictor13/retweeter

[Python script] Search for Twitter mentions containing a string of interest and retweet them with a (randomly picked) message.

retweeter

Search for Twitter mentions containing a specific string and retweet them with a message (picked randomly from a list of configured messages).

Requirements:

• python >= 3.6
• pip install tweepy
• pip install pyyaml

Usage:

• git clone [email protected]:Pictor13/retweeter.git && cd retweeter
• duplicate .dist config file and customise them
• • cp config.yaml.dist config.yaml and put your config
• • remember to set the secrets in the API.authentication config
• python retweet.py --help to show available parameters

Default usage:

• python retweet.py --dry-run false to run actually performing operations

retweeter's Issues

On some platforms is necessary to disable output buffer

On the development machine (macOS Mojave 10.14.6, Python 3.8.3) the script outputs to shell without issues, but on other platforms (e.g. Windows) looks like the output buffer is enabled by default.

As a temporary fix is necessary to run the script with python -u retweeter.py, in order to disable the buffering and display output from the program at the time that it is printed (rather than when execution is halted).

TO DO: the behaviour should be the same on each platform (macOS/Linux/Windows).