tweetbot.py

import requests
import tweepy
import time
import oauth2
import re
from urllib import quote
 
# THIS IS WHAT YOU CUSTOMIZE #
# terms
LIST = "members-of-congress"
OWNER = "cspan"
TERMS = "(gunsafety)|(firearm)|(assault weapon)|(guncontrol)|(gunviolence)|(gun)|(nra)|(guns)|(nowisthetime)"
 
# access keys
consumer_key="---"
consumer_secret="---"
access_token="---"
access_token_secret="---"
 
# THIS IS THE TWEET BOT #
# authenticate
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)
 
# meta variables
url = "http://api.twitter.com/1/lists/statuses.json?slug=%s&owner_screen_name=%s&per_page=100&page=1&include_entities=true" % (LIST, OWNER)
tweeted = []
test = 1
 
# endless loop
while test > 0:
    # download list of congressional tweets
    r = requests.get(url)
    list_tweets = r.json
 
    # extract gun tweets
    filter_tweets = []
    for lt in list_tweets:
        id_str = lt['id_str'].encode('utf-8')
        name = lt['user']['screen_name'].encode('utf-8')
        text = lt['text'].encode('utf-8')
        if re.search(TERMS, text.lower()):
            filter_tweets.append([id_str, name, text])
 
    # retweet gun tweets
    for ft in filter_tweets:
        the_id = ft[0]
        if the_id not in tweeted:
            try:
                tweeted.append(the_id)
                print "new tweet:", ft[1] + ":", ft[2]
                api.retweet(the_id)
                time.sleep(5)
            except:
                pass