Like the (very verbose) repo name implies, this is a small Node script that uses Twitter's API to download media uploaded using the Nintendo Switch Twitter integration and uploads them to Dropbox for archival and later sharing.
You will need a couple of things:
- A machine/server running NodeJS (the more recent the better)
- I'll figure out how to setup this repo on Glitch soon so it will be serverless™️ 😎
- A twitter app on your account and the access tokens (see this tutorial)
- A Dropbox account with a personal app created, alongside an access token (if you don't know how to get this, here's a tutorial)
Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/eramdam/twitter-nintendo-switch-dropbox
Then, create a new file called .env at the root of the repo and fill it as follows:
DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN='**REQUIRED**'
TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY='**REQUIRED**'
TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET='**REQUIRED**'
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY='**REQUIRED**'
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET='**REQUIRED**'
SCRIPT_ENDPOINT='a-random-suite-of-words'
Finally, install the dependencies of the project:
npm i
Then build the JS files
npm run build
Find a way to run the main npm script in the background.
I personally use a tmux session that runs npm start but you can use something like forever or pm2.
Then, you basically want to call your web server on a regular basis (every minute works great and will keep you below Twitter's API's rate limit), this is trivial using cron
* * * * * curl http://localhost:3000/a-random-suite-of-words
TODO
