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https://github.com/bryanbraun/twitter-listbot

A simple twitter bot that retweets the contents of a twitter list.
https://github.com/bryanbraun/twitter-listbot

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A simple twitter bot that retweets the contents of a twitter list.

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Twitter Listbot
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This is a simple twitter bot, designed to retweet the contents of a twitter list.

This implementation tweets for [@StoriesInData](https://twitter.com/StoriesInData).

## Setup Your Own
1. [Install node.js & npm](http://nodejs.org/download/) (if you haven't already).
2. Download this repo with `git clone [email protected]:bryanbraun/twitter-listbot.git`.
3. Run `npm install` to download dependencies.
4. Open `index.js` and replace the values in the `config` object with your own.
5. [Create a twitter application](https://apps.twitter.com/app/new), grant it the necessary access, and generate your tokens/keys.
6. Deploy the bot to heroku (you can [use these instructions](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-nodejs#introduction) as a guide).

For detailed setup instructions, see my blog post: [How to Set Up a Simple Javascript Twitter Bot](http://www.bryanbraun.com/2014/12/13/how-to-set-up-a-simple-javascript-twitter-bot)

## Credit
Twitter Listbot is written in [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) and based on [Sugendran](https://github.com/sugendran)'s [node-retweeter](https://github.com/sugendran/node-retweeter).