![]() ![]() Paste Tweet or profile web links directly into Tweetbot to view them instantly.Although it sounds like a lot of effort, creating a Twitter bot is actually really easy! This tutorial, along with some simple tools, can help you create Twitter bots that respond when they see certain phrases, or that periodically post a tweet. You can make the bots read your favourite texts, and they will produce new random text in the same style! These bots work with Markov chains, which can generate text that looks superficially good, but is actually quite nonsensical. The examples on this page use a custom Python library, written by Edwin Dalmaijer (that’s me). This library is open source, and available on GitHub for free. So don’t start spamming or harassing people! You are very welcome to download and use it, but I would like to kindly ask you to not use it for doing evil stuff. Fill out all details, and make sure to include your phone number.Simply follow the instructions to create a new Twitter account. This is a requirement for remote access, and you will need that to make the Twitter bot work. Not all Twitter accounts are created equal. Read the Developer Agreement, and check the box at the bottom if you agree.You have to give your app a name, description, and website (this can be a simple place holder, like ) You will need developer access to yours, if you want to use it via a Python script. Then click on the ‘Create your Twitter application’ button. This is an important step, as you will need the keys and access tokens for you app. After creating your new app, you were redirected to its own page.They allow you to sign in to your account via a Python script. Make sure you make note of the following four keys, as you will need these later.At the bottom of this page, click on the ‘Create my access token’ button.On the app’s page, click on the ‘Keys and Access Tokens’ page.If you weren’t, go to and click on your apps name. (Just leave the tab open in your browser, or copy them to a text file or something. Make sure nobody else can access them, though!)īefore being able to log into Twitter via Python, you need a Python wrapper for the Twitter API. There are several options out there, and I haven’t excessively researched all of them. This guide will go with Mike Verdone’s ( on Twitter) Python Twitter Tools library, which is nice and elegant. You can also find its source code on GitHub. If you don’t have it already, you need to install setuptools.BONUS STEP: If you don’t know how to run a Python script, read this step.ĭownload the ez_setup.py script, and run it with the Python installation you want to have it installed in. ![]()
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