twitterbot.py

import tweepy
import time
import sys
import my_keys

CONSUMER_KEY = my_keys.CONSUMER_KEY
CONSUMER_SECRET = my_keys.CONSUMER_SECRET
ACCESS_KEY = my_keys.ACCESS_KEY
ACCESS_SECRET = my_keys.ACCESS_SECRET

# The arg stuff can be confusing, but basically it means you set the
# file that the tweets are coming from at the time you run the Python
# script. So running the script looks like this:
# $ python tbot.py tweets.txt
argfile = str(sys.argv[1])

# Connect to Twitter with the keys set above and the Tweepy library
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth)


# Open tweets.txt and read it line by line into a big list
filename=open(argfile,'r')
f=filename.readlines()
filename.close()

# Go through the list (save to variable f) line by line
# First tweet the line, then wait 1200 seconds
for line in f:
    api.update_status(status=line)
    time.sleep(6500)

# Note: if you run this script, it will immediately post a tweet to Twitter.
# If you cancel the running process and try to run it again, the script
# will open the file again and try to post the first tweet again.
# If it's already been posted, Twitter will return an error designed
# to prevent you from repeating past tweets. To fix this, remove
# any tweets that have already been posted from your tweets.txt
# file.

# Happy tweeting!