MeetgrinderMA Twitter Bot

meetgrinderMA.py

# meetgrinderMA.py | jeffehobbs@gmail.com | June 2020
# detect meetings, tweet 'em out

import json, requests, feedparser, tweepy, time
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

# globals
FEED = 'https://www.northamptonma.gov/RSSFeed.aspx?ModID=65&CID=City-Council-95'
DOMAIN = 'https://northamptonma.gov'

# twitter api keys (obfuscated in this gist -- get your own!)
CONSUMER_KEY = '###'
CONSUMER_SECRET = '###'
ACCESS_KEY = '###'
ACCESS_SECRET = '###'

def parseFeed(FEED):
	d = feedparser.parse(FEED)
	#print(d['feed']['title'])
	#print(d['entries'][0]['link'])
	parseUrl(d['entries'][0]['link'], d['entries'][0]['title'])

def parseUrl(url, title):
	req = requests.get(url)
	soup = BeautifulSoup(req.content, 'html.parser')
	raw_link = soup.find("a", {"title":title})
	link = DOMAIN + raw_link['href']
	#print(title + '\n' + link)
	tweetLink(link, title)

def tweetLink(url, title):
	auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
	auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
	api = tweepy.API(auth)
	output = title + '\n' + url
	try:
		api.update_status(status=output)
		print("\nTWEETED UPDATE:\n" + str(output) + '\n')
		time.sleep(10)
	except:
		print('\nALREADY TWEETED:\n' + str(output) + '\n')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parseFeed(FEED)

# fin