yorkulibraries/yudlbot

Bots that tweets random York University Digital Library content.

YUDLbot

Overview

A bot that tweets random York University Digital Library content. You can find implementations at:

• @YUDLbot
• @YUDLcat
• @YUDLdog

If you want use it, you will need to setup the variables outlined in config.py.example and rename it to config.py. You will also need a Solr query. These queries from an Islandora 7.x instance. Feel free to crib from the example queries in the repo:

• yudlbot-cat.query
• yudlbot-desc.query
• yudlbot-dog.query
• yudlbot.query

You can automate it with a cron job like so:

17 */5 * * * /usr/bin/python /path/to/YUDLbot.py

License

Public Domain

yudlbot's Issues

Example SOLR_DATA for Config file

I'm trying to create a bot for my own repository, but seem to be getting a set of errors which I think may be related to not understanding exactly what I should be entering here as my Solr query.

Test query: http://arcabc.ca/islandora/search/asshole?type=dismax&fl=PID%2C+mods_titleInfo_title_ms&wt=json&indent=true&rows=15

File "YUDLbot.py", line 13, in
data = json.loads(response.read())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/init.py", line 338, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 366, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 384, in raw_decode
raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded

Could you perhaps post an example valid Solr query for this field in the Readme, such as the one powering YUDLbot? (Or perhaps my query is already formatted correctly and I'm getting the error for a different reason?)

No longer working after July 15?

After July 15, the bot has stopped working. Now running YUDLbot.py throws the following error:

File "YUDLbot.py", line 12, in
docs = data["response"]["docs"]
TypeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'getitem'

Could this be due to credentials expiring, a change in the way the Twitter API provides data, or something else?