https://github.com/derekahmedzai/cheapbotsdonequick

Making twitter bots using Cheap Bots Done Quick
https://github.com/derekahmedzai/cheapbotsdonequick

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Making twitter bots using Cheap Bots Done Quick

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/derekahmedzai/cheapbotsdonequick
• Owner: derekahmedzai
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-02-08T17:10:22.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-01-06T14:17:07.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-20T16:06:03.153Z (3 months ago)
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• Size: 29.3 KB
• Stars: 35
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Making twitter bots using Cheap Bots, Done Quick!

- [What is it](#what-is-it)

- [SVG and dynamic content](#svg-and-dynamic-content)

- [Image twitter bot tutorials](#image-twitter-bot-tutorials)

## What is it?

[Cheap Bots, Done Quick!](http://cheapbotsdonequick.com/) is a platform for generative Twitter bots.

It uses [Tracery](https://github.com/galaxykate/tracery) to generate content from JSON source.

At it's simplest, it turns this:

```javascript

{

  "origin" : "Hello World"

}

```

into this:

```

Hello World

```

Tokens (wrapped with a hash like `#this#`) are expanded from this:

```javascript

{

  "origin" : "Hello #planets#",

  "planets" : ["Mercury", "Venus", "Mars", "Earth"]

}

```

into any of these (it picks a value randomly each time it runs):

```

Hello Mercury

Hello Venus

Hello Mars

Hello Earth

```

## SVG and dynamic content

Now plain text tweets are great, but the reason that I love Cheap Bots Done Quick is that you can create and tweet images using SVG.

Also, you can create dynamic content using Javascript in SVG - for example, writing the date, or loading external content.

Here are a few bots that use SVG to create random images

[@sadkeanubot](https://twitter.com/sadkeanubot) | [@badphotoquality](https://twitter.com/badphotoquality) | [@time4gametheory](https://twitter.com/time4gametheory) | [@shakyinsultbot](https://twitter.com/shakyinsultbot)

-------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------

 |  |  | 

places a pic of Sad Keanu on a random photo of a chair|applies blur or posterise filter to worsen a photo and overlays the date|overlays the "Guys, it's time..." text on a random New Yorker cartoon|generates Shakespeare insults

[view the source](http://cheapbotsdonequick.com/source/sadkeanubot) | [view the source](http://cheapbotsdonequick.com/source/badphotoquality) | [view the source](https://cheapbotsdonequick.com/source/shakyinsultbot) | [view the source](https://cheapbotsdonequick.com/source/shakyinsultbot)

## Image twitter bot tutorials

* [Creating image bots using SVG and Tracery](https://github.com/derekahmedzai/cheapbotsdonequick/blob/master/svg-tracery-image-bots.md)

* [Make your own New Yorker cartoon Twitter bot](https://github.com/derekahmedzai/cheapbotsdonequick/blob/master/new-yorker.md)

## Other Cheap Bots Done Quick tutorials

* [Making twitter bots with Tracery and CheapBotsDoneQuick](https://github.com/codekitchensd/2016-03-24-twitterbots)

* [Make your own @hydratebot: a tutorial for non-coders](http://barrl.net/2767)