ruby-twitter-bot

Twitter bot which retweets #rails and #ruby hashtags (case insensitive). Developed with Ruby.

Run the bot

1. Install dependencies

   bundle install

2. Copy config/application.yml from config/application.yml.sample and add all required values that you get from Twitter Api configs

3. Run the bot from project root

   ruby app/services/twitter/re_tweet_service.rb

4. You can change the hashtags you want the bot to retweet from inside app/services/twitter/re_tweet_service.rb

   • Update constant HASHTAGS_TO_WATCH

5. Run bot in background

    # Create a new shell
    $ screen -S twitter-bot
   
    # Run the twitter bot (you should be inside project root)
    $ ruby app/services/twitter/re_tweet_service.rb 
    
    # Detach ruby bot and move to original screen
    $ CTRL + a + d
    
    # Return to the screen where bot is running
    $ screen -r twitter-bot
   

   Ref: Run Ruby script in the background

   NOTE: If you have deployed bot to remote server, you need to restart the bot after server restart because it kills the script running in background

TODO

1. Allow to update the hashtags from application.yml.
2. Create initializer file and add gem require and figaro config to it.