bot.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# bot.rb - simple Twitter retweet bot
# See also: http://blog.nilsding.org/blog/2014/09/14/retweetbot-tutorial/
#
# code (c) 2014 nilsding
# License: WTFPL

require 'twitter'

retweet_tags = ["#nilsding", "Fuchs"]  # the tags the bot should retweet

client = Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
  config.consumer_key        = "APIKeyGoesHere"
  config.consumer_secret     = "APISecretGoesHere"
  config.access_token        = "29952844-AccessTokenGoesHere"
  config.access_token_secret = "AccessSecretGoesHere"
end

streamer = Twitter::Streaming::Client.new do |config|
  config.consumer_key        = "APIKeyGoesHere"
  config.consumer_secret     = "APISecretGoesHere"
  config.access_token        = "29952844-AccessTokenGoesHere"
  config.access_token_secret = "AccessSecretGoesHere"
end

streamer.filter(track: retweet_tags.join(",")) do |object|
  if object.is_a? Twitter::Tweet  # it's a tweet!
    retweet_tags.each do |tag|  # double-check if the tweet actually contains the retweet tag
      if object.text.downcase.include? tag.downcase
        # uncomment the next line if you want to see the retweeted tweet
        # puts "#{object.user.screen_name}: #{object.text} (#{object.id})"
        client.retweet object.id
        break
      end
    end
  end
end

[mg@nilzomania mixbot]$ ruby other_retweet_bot.rb
/home/menog/.gem/ruby/2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/streaming/response.rb:24:in on_headers_complete': Twitter::Error::Unauthorized from /home/menog/.gem/ruby/2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/streaming/response.rb:19:in <<'
from /home/menog/.gem/ruby/2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/streaming/response.rb:19:in <<' from /home/menog/.gem/ruby/2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/streaming/connection.rb:22:in stream'
from /home/menog/.gem/ruby/2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/streaming/client.rb:119:in request' from /home/menog/.gem/ruby/2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/streaming/client.rb:37:in filter'
from other_retweet_bot.rb:26:in `

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