Tweepy Loops

config.py

consumer_key = 'XXXX'
consumer_secret = 'XXXX'
access_key = 'XXXX-XXXX'
access_secret = 'XXXX'

timer = 30

message = 'It works!'

picture = 'path/to/picture.jpg'

tweet_loop.py

import time
import tweepy
import random
from config import *


auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_key, access_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)


def tweet(message):
    try:
        api.update_status(message)
    except tweepy.TweepError as e:
        print(e)
        time.sleep(5)

while True:
    try:
        print('Tweeting:', message)
        tweet(message)
        print('Sleeping for {} seconds'.format(timer))
        time.sleep(timer)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print('\nExiting\n')
        break

tweet_pic_loop.py

import time
import tweepy
import random
from config import *

script_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
picture_path = os.path.join(script_dir, picture)

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_key, access_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

def tweet(message):
    try:
        api.update_with_media(picture_path, message)
    except tweepy.TweepError as e:
        print(e)
        time.sleep(5)

while True:
    try:
        print('Tweeting:', message)
        tweet(message)
        print('Sleeping for {} seconds'.format(timer))
        time.sleep(timer)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print('\nExiting\n')
        break