Python Twitter Bot

composer.py

import random


# This file composes the tweets.

def compose():
  return "tweet"

Procfile

worker: python3 tweetbot.py

requirements.txt

tweepy==3.5.0

runtime.txt

python-3.4.3

tweetbot.py

import os
import composer
import time
import random
import tweepy

# Set up Twitter login
CONSUMER_KEY = 'xxx'
CONSUMER_SECRET = 'xxx'
ACCESS_KEY = 'xxx'
ACCESS_SECRET = 'xxx'
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

# Uncomment these to preview the tweets instead of actually tweeting them
#for x in range(0,20):
#	tweet = composer.compose()
#	print(tweet + " (%u)" % len(tweet))
#exit() 

while 1:

	tweet = composer.compose()
	print("Composing tweet: " + tweet)
	api.update_status(tweet)
	base_time = 75*60
	random_add = (random.randint(0,60))*60
	next_time = base_time + random_add
	print("Doing another one in %u minutes" % (next_time / 60))
	time.sleep(next_time)
	pass