/UConn-Progress-Bar

A Twitter bot to automatically send Tweets with updates on the progress of the UConn semester

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UConn Progress Bar

Inspired by @ProgressBar201X and @year_progress on Twitter, we decided to give it a UConn twist.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js - JavaScript runtime
  • Twit - Twitter API Client for node
  • Cron - Tool to run code on a schedule
  1. Install Node.js from the link above.
  2. Install the dependencies required for this project with npm install.

Running

  1. Create your own Twitter Developer Account, and create your own app.
  2. Copy the app information from Details -> Keys and tokens to exampleconfig.js.
  3. Rename the file to config.js.
  4. Run the project from main.js in an IDE such as WebStorm or in a terminal with node main.js.

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