markovify-twitter

Generates random tweets based of a specific user's twitter history

Requirements

Python 3.6
tweepy
```
pip install tweepy
```

Installation

Run the provided install script

./install

This script assumes that you have a virtual environment active. If you are not sure what a virtual environment is, check out this link

https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

If you do not wish to use a virtual environment, then run this command. In general though, a virtual environment is recommended to avoid package version conflicts with other projects.

./install no-venv

Testing

If you wish to run the provided tests (albeit, not many), run this command

./install testing

Then you will be able to run the tests

cd src/tests
py.test

USAGE

markov_tweet <twitter_username>
markov_tweet <twitter_username0> <twitter_username1>
markov_tweet <twitter_username> -k <1 | 2 | 3>
markov_tweet -h

Examples

markov_tweet realDonaldTrump -k 2

==================  Tweet from realDonaldTrump --> key_len: 2 ==================

I never said for years (I said no), is now on Island. Food and water on site. @realDonaldTrump
Post to twitter? (Y/n): y
Posting to twitter...
Done.

Multiple usernames can be combined to generate a tweet from the combined markov chain from both users

markov_tweet realDonaldTrump officialjaden -k 1


=========  Tweet from realDonaldTrump and officialjaden --> key_len: 1 =========

Have the Global Retail Launch Any Magazine Ever Ready? @realDonaldTrump @officialjaden
Post to twitter? (Y/n): y
Posting to twitter...
Done.

Example on twitter

Here is a link to the twitter account that I linked the program to from my laptop. Your version will not be able to tweet directly from this account, since tweeting directly from code requires a dev twitter account (free to set up) as well as an API key (also free to set up).

https://twitter.com/MarkovifyErthng

If you are interested in setting one up for yourself, check out these links:

https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/authentication/guides/access-tokens

https://apps.twitter.com/

TODO

Prune out the Rt tag
Add option to store generated tweets
Add option to tweet a previously generated tweet
Add tests
Fix the installed package name

TrevorEdris/markovify-twitter