https://github.com/karlbeecken/co2-twitter-bio

🔥 A Twitter bot that updates your Twitter bio with weekly atmospheric CO2 levels
https://github.com/karlbeecken/co2-twitter-bio

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🔥 A Twitter bot that updates your Twitter bio with weekly atmospheric CO2 levels

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/karlbeecken/co2-twitter-bio
• Owner: karlbeecken
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-06-21T10:28:33.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-04-28T21:57:59.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-20T17:17:53.707Z (29 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 22.5 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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co2-twitter-bio 🔥

  
A Twitter bot that updates your Twitter bio/location with weekly atmospheric CO2 levels.




## Usage

To use this Twitter bot you'll need a Twitter developer account. Apply for one here: https://developer.twitter.com/en/apply-for-access

_Hint: If you tell Twitter that you only want to use the API for educational purposes, you'll usually get access without further questions 🤫_

Then you will need to create a new app and set the app Permissions to **Read and Write**. You will need the following keys: 


*consumer key*, *consumer key secret*, *access token key* and *access token secret*

(consumer keys may also be labeled as API key)

You'll have to save them into GitHub Actions Secrets with the following names:

- `CONSUMER_KEY`

- `CONSUMER_KEY_SECRET`

- `ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY`

- `ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET`

Then you have to create another secret called `DESCRIPTION` with your desired Twitter bio/location prefix. It should end with something like "current co2 level:" as the current atmospheric CO2 level will be appended at the end.

For example my bio template looks like this: `"/dev/null | climate activist @FridayForFuture | born at 379ppm – currently"`

If you want to use the location field of your Twitter profile instead of the description, you can set the secret `TARGET` to `location` (it defaults to `description` so you don't have to worry about setting it when you are using it with the description) Then the the current atmospheric CO2 level will be appended to the set `DESCRIPTION` and saved in the location field.

Fun fact: the Twitter location field has a client side max of 30 chars but with the API you can set up to 150 chars. 🤯 This means that you can set up to 139 chars as your location prefix.

**Note**: you don't need to append a space to the end of the `DESCRIPTION` secret, as the bot does this for you automatically

That's it! 🎉 Now every day at 1 am your Twitter bio/location should update with the current atmospheric CO2 level informing other people about climate change 🔥