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.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bryanbraun/twitter-listbot
• Owner: bryanbraun
• Created: 2014-09-16T03:22:50.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-02-23T22:06:16.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T14:08:49.821Z (3 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://twitter-storybot.herokuapp.com/
• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 63
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 32
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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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).