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Building a simple Twitter bot with the Twitter Ruby gem
##Twitter gem overview
The Twitter Ruby gem is a Ruby interface to the Twitter API. It allows you to make all available Twitter API requests (e.g., tweet, follow a user, search, etc.) within a Rails app.
This guide was adapted from multiple sources, including the Twitter Ruby gem configuration page and How to Make a Twitter Bot in Ruby on Rails. Twitter's own API docs are a good resource too, of course.
####Get set up with Twitter To begin, you'll need to register your application with Twitter and get the proper keys. Log into or sign up for a Twitter account, and scroll down to "Manage Your Apps." Click "Create a New App" and fill out the form with the app's details. Once you're on the app's management page, select the "Permissions" tab. Make sure access is set to "Read a