random-tweet

Get a random tweet from Twitter based on an input keyword.

Prerequisites:

Python 3.x (developed on 3.4.3+)
Some pip libraries, installable with the command below
File named credentials in same directory, containing twitter key & secret separated by line break (\n)

Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install these dependencies.

Example credentials file:

anbckdfiiettddv
NBD120fkdfipODeffNBDf334kdfipODe554ff

Visit https://apps.twitter.com/ to get your API key and secret strings.

Usage:

python random_tweet.py <search_term>

Example:

python random_tweet.py apple

Example Output:

@username_here: An apple a day #try2 #crashed (@ 11 Penn Plaza in New York, NY) https://t.co/yyy https://t.co/zzz
media: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cb1eILsWAAAXmDj.jpg

Tests

To run basic tests,

./run_tests.sh

License

MIT License