dhammapada-tweet-bot.py

dependencies

• python 3
• tweepy
• X/twitter api credentials

how to use

0. clone the repository
1. install the dependencies (python 3 and pip install tweepy)
2. fill in with your api credentials inside the file dhammapada_tweet_bot_credentials.py
3. rename the file dhammapada_tweet_bot_credentials.py to secrets_xapi.py
4. run via crontab the script dhammapada-tweet-bot.py; you can follow the example below.

crontab -e example

0 */6 * * * /home/USERNAME/.venv/bin/python /home/USERNAME/cronjobs/dhammapada-tweet-bot/dhammapada-tweet-bot.py

First is the path to the python executable, then the script.

This would run it at 0h, 6h, 12h and 18h.

testing the credentials

You can run the script manually to test the credentials:

python ./dhammapada-tweet-bot.py