https://github.com/hugovk/randomsentencebot

Tweet a random line from a text file.
https://github.com/hugovk/randomsentencebot

bot project-gutenberg python random sentence six-word-story twitterbot words

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Tweet a random line from a text file.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hugovk/randomsentencebot
• Owner: hugovk
• Created: 2015-02-22T20:13:56.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-10-30T17:08:40.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-28T17:47:51.810Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: bot, project-gutenberg, python, random, sentence, six-word-story, twitterbot, words
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://twitter.com/sixworderbot
• Size: 950 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
# randomsentencebot

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Tweet a random line from a text file. Use this to make your own Twitter bots.

For example, 

**[![](https://abs.twimg.com/favicons/favicon.ico)Six-Worder Bot](https://twitter.com/sixworderbot)** is tweeting six-word stories picked at random from a text file of six-word sentences taken from the [Project Gutenberg August 2003 CD](http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_CD_and_DVD_Project). Think along the lines of "For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn" ([probably not by Ernest Hemingway](http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/28/baby-shoes/)). See the [archive](https://hugovk.github.io/randomsentencebot/).

In [@sixworderbot](https://twitter.com/sixworderbot)'s case, the text file was generated using [gutengrep](https://github.com/hugovk/gutengrep) something like this:

```bash

gutengrep.py "^\W*([a-zA-ZåäöÅÄÖàéÉÈ횊]+['[a-zA-Z]+]?[- :;,.¿?\!]+){6}\W*$" --correct --cache > /tmp/1.txt

# Remove blanks and duplicates:

sort /tmp/1.txt | uniq > six-word-sentences.txt  # 

```

## Setup

Before you can use  this script you will need to get API credentials from Twitter.

Go to https://developer.twitter.com/en/apps and create a new app. Once approved you will be able to access the credentials below.

    consumer_key: TODO_ENTER_YOURS

    consumer_secret: TODO_ENTER_YOURS

    access_token: TODO_ENTER_YOURS

    access_token_secret: TODO_ENTER_YOURS

Copy `randomsentencebot_example.yaml` to `randomsentencebot.yaml`, then open `randomsentencebot.yaml` and replace each `TODO_ENTER_YOURS` with the value from your Twitter app.