markov_tweets.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

# Make sure you have these gems installed
require 'rubygems'
require 'thread'
require 'csv'
require 'twitter'
require 'marky_markov'

# Create a new Twitter account that you'd like to have your auto-tweets posted to
# Go to dev.twitter.com, create a new application with Read+Write permissions
# Create an access token + secret for the account and copy that and the consumer key and secrets here.
CONSUMER_KEY         = ''
CONSUMER_SECRET      = ''
ACCESS_TOKEN         = ''
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET  = ''
PATH_TO_TWEETS_CSV   = 'tweets.csv'
PATH_TO_TWEETS_CLEAN = 'markov_dict.txt'

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# Go to Twitter.com -> Settings -> Download Archive. 
# This tweets.csv file is in the top directory. Put it in the same directory as this script.
csv_text = CSV.parse(File.read(PATH_TO_TWEETS_CSV))

# Create a new clean file of text that acts as the seed for your Markov chains
File.open(PATH_TO_TWEETS_CLEAN, 'w') do |file|
  csv_text.reverse.each do |row|
    # Strip links and new lines
    tweet_text = row[5].gsub(/(?:f|ht)tps?:\/[^\s]+/, '').gsub(/\n/,' ')
    # Save the text
    file.write("#{tweet_text}\n")
  end
end
  
# Run when you want to generate a new Markov tweet
markov = MarkyMarkov::Dictionary.new('dictionary') # Saves/opens dictionary.mmd
markov.parse_file PATH_TO_TWEETS_CLEAN
tweet_text = markov.generate_n_sentences(2).split(/\#\</).first.chomp.chop
markov.save_dictionary!
    
# Connect to your Twitter account
Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key    = CONSUMER_KEY
  config.consumer_secret = CONSUMER_SECRET
end
twitter_client = Twitter::Client.new(:oauth_token => ACCESS_TOKEN,
                              :oauth_token_secret => ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
p "#{Time.now}: #{tweet_text}"
twitter_client.update(tweet_text)