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/* Setting things up. */ | |
var path = require('path'), | |
express = require('express'), | |
app = express(), | |
Twit = require('twit'), | |
config = { | |
/* Be sure to update the .env file with your API keys. */ | |
twitter: { | |
consumer_key: process.env.CONSUMER_KEY, | |
consumer_secret: process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET, | |
access_token: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN, | |
access_token_secret: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET | |
} | |
}, | |
T = new Twit(config.twitter); | |
// For static files | |
app.use(express.static('public')); | |
/* You can use uptimerobot.com or a similar site to hit your /BOT_ENDPOINT to wake up your app and make your Twitter bot tweet. */ | |
app.all("/" + process.env.BOT_ENDPOINT, function (request, response) { | |
console.log("Waking up the application."); | |
}); | |
var listener = app.listen(process.env.PORT, function () { | |
console.log('Your bot is running on port ' + listener.address().port); | |
}); | |
var cron = require('node-cron'); | |
var rpn = require('request-promise-native'); | |
// Helper functions | |
String.prototype.replaceAll = function(search, replacement) { | |
var target = this; | |
return target.split(search).join(replacement); | |
}; | |
cron.schedule('0 0 */6 * * *', function(){ // Every six hours | |
rpn.get('https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=random&rnlimit=1&rnnamespace=0&format=json') | |
.then(response => { | |
let title = JSON.parse(response).query.random[0].title; | |
let wikipedia_url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" + title.replaceAll(" ", "_"); | |
T.post('statuses/update', { status: title + "\n" + wikipedia_url }); | |
}); | |
}); |
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