Created by Stephen McDonald
A Twitter bot that polls an RSS feed and posts its entries as tweets,
with auto-generated hashtags. For extra mischief, replies to the bot
are responded to using a basic Eliza implementation.
After installing, the 'babbler' command will be available which you
can use to run the bot. Data will be stored in the current directory.
--version |
show program's version number and exit |
-h, --help |
show this help message and exit |
- Required:
-u url, --feed-url=url |
| RSS Feed URL |
- Optional:
-i strings, --ignore=strings |
| Comma separated strings for ignoring feed entries if
they contain any of the strings |
-p seconds, --pause=seconds |
| Seconds between RSS feed requests (default:600) |
-q decimal, --queue-slice=decimal |
| Decimal fraction of unposted tweets to send during
each iteration between feed requests (default:0.3) |
-l level, --log-level=level |
| Level of information printed (ERROR|INFO|DEBUG)
(default:INFO) |
-m len, --hashtag-min-length=len |
| Minimum length of a hashtag (default:3) |
- Switches:
-a, --append |
Switch certain options into append mode where their
values provided are appended to their persisted
values, namely --ignore, --hashtag-min-length,
--pause, --queue-slice |
-s, --subtract |
Opposite of --append |
-e, --edit-data |
| Load a Python shell for editing the data file |
-f, --dry-run |
Fake run that doesn't save data or post tweets |
-d, --daemonize |
| Run as a daemon |
-k, --kill |
Kill a previously started daemon |
-D, --DESTROY |
Deletes all saved data and tweets from Twitter |
- Twitter authentication (all required):
-w key, --consumer-key=key |
| Twitter Consumer Key |
-x secret, --consumer-secret=secret |
| Twitter Consumer Secret |
-y key, --access-token-key=key |
| Twitter Access Token Key |
-z secret, --access-token-secret=secret |
| Twitter Access Token Secret |
Options need only be provided once via command line as options specified are
then persisted in the data file, and reused on subsequent runs. Required
options can also be omitted as they will each then be prompted for
individually.