thing.py

import tweepy
import time
import feedparser
 
## Review: This should by passed as argument from a function
# Twitter API keys and access tokens
API_KEY = 'YOUR_TWITTER_API_KEY'
API_SECRET_KEY = 'YOUR_TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY'
ACCESS_TOKEN = 'YOUR_TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN'
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = 'YOUR_TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET'
 
## Review: Move that to a constructor
# Initialize Tweepy with Twitter API credentials
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(API_KEY, API_SECRET_KEY)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth)
 
# Review: Get new articles sould take a references to a URL where you build the data from each feed, 
#  def get_new_articles(rss_feed):

# Function to fetch news articles from CNN and Fox News RSS feeds
def get_news_articles():
    cnn_feed_url = "CNN_RSS_FEED_URL"  # Replace with the actual CNN RSS feed URL
    fox_feed_url = "FOX_NEWS_RSS_FEED_URL"  # Replace with the actual Fox News RSS feed URL
    cnn_articles = fetch_rss_articles(cnn_feed_url)
    fox_articles = fetch_rss_articles(fox_feed_url)
    return cnn_articles + fox_articles # Review return only the object contrsucted by the fetch_rss_articles call 
 
# Function to fetch news articles from an RSS feed
def fetch_rss_articles(feed_url):
    parsed_feed = feedparser.parse(feed_url)
    articles = []
    for entry in parsed_feed.entries:
        title = entry.get("title", "") # Why do you declare a new title for every entry ?
        description = entry.get("description", "")# Why do you declare a new description for every entry ?
        # articles.append({"title": entry.get("title"), "description": entry.get("description")})
        articles.append({"title": title, "description": description})
    return articles

#review: Again this should be handled inside a class where every tweet is its own entity.
# Function to post tweets on Twitter
def post_tweet(tweet):
    try:
        api.update_status(tweet)
        print("Tweet posted:", tweet)
    except tweepy.TweepError as e:
        print("Error posting tweet:", e)
 
# Function to rewrite news articles using GPT-3 (conceptual implementation)
def rewrite_with_gpt3(article):
    # Placeholder for GPT-3 API call to rewrite article description
    # Replace this with actual GPT-3 API implementation
    rewritten_description = "This is a rewritten description using GPT-3."
    return rewritten_description
 
# Main function to run the bot
def main():
    try:
        print("Twitter bot is now running!")
 
        while True:
            # Fetch news articles
            news_articles = get_news_articles()
 
            # Compose and post tweets with news content
            for article in news_articles:
                # Rewrite the article description using GPT-3 (conceptual implementation)
                rewritten_description = rewrite_with_gpt3(article)
                tweet = f"{article['title']} - {rewritten_description} via {article['source']}"
                post_tweet(tweet)
 
                # Add a delay of 30 minutes (1800 seconds) between tweets
                time.sleep(1800)
 
            # Sleep for a specific interval (e.g., 1 hour) before fetching and posting more news
            time.sleep(1800)
 
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        # Handle keyboard interrupt (e.g., Ctrl+C) to gracefully stop the bot
        print("Twitter bot stopped.")
 
    except Exception as e:
        print("Error occurred:", e)
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main() # Why call main, as its already in main?