one of these days i'll learn to use ruby in an oop manner

cellar_door_bot_app.rb

require "yaml"
require "twitter"
require "net/http"
require "json"

config = YAML.load_file("config.yml");
client = Twitter::REST::Client.new do |c|
  c.consumer_key = config['consumer_key']
  c.consumer_secret = config['consumer_secret']
  c.access_token = config['access_token']
  c.access_token_secret = config['access_token_secret']
end

latest = client.user_timeline.first.full_text
new_tweet = []
attempts = 0
char_count = 0

latest.split(' ').each do | word |
  break if attempts == config['wordsapi_hourly_limit']
  wordsapi_uri = URI("https://www.wordsapi.com/words/#{word}/synonyms?accessToken=#{config["wordsapi_token"]}")
  res = JSON.parse Net::HTTP.get(wordsapi_uri)
  attempts += 1
  sel = res['synonyms'].sample

  if (char_count += sel.length + 1) <= 140
    new_tweet.push sel
  else 
    break
  end
end

client.update new_tweet.join(' ')

config.yml

# twitter keys to fill in
# https://dev.twitter.com
consumer_key: 
consumer_secret: 
access_token: 
access_token_secret: 

# wordsapi token to fill in
# + limit (1,000 per day / 24 hours)
# https://www.wordsapi.com
wordsapi_token: 
wordsapi_hourly_limit: 40