twitter.sh

echo "This script provides an easy way to set up a twitter bot that tells you what is currently playing on your radio station First we just need to install some stuff, so you will need to enter your password. If anything fails, please contanct Olly. Press <ENTER> to continue: "

read

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-pip

sudo pip install tweepy

# Use special options
echo "First we need to create a twitter app and use its credentials. This can be done by going to apps.twitter.com/app/new on the account you wish to make tweets from. Press <ENTER> to continue. "

read

echo "1. Name: 'Now Playing Information' or similar."
echo "2. Description: 'Shows currently playing on <RADIO NAME>.' or similar."
echo "3. Website: If you have a website for the station, use it (don't forget to prefix it with http://) or else just use a placeholder like http://example.com"
echo "4. Callback URL: Leave empty."
echo ""
echo "Don't forget to tick the 'Yes, I have read and agree to the Twitter Development Agreement' box."

echo "Press <ENTER> to continue. "

read

echo "Now you should be brought to a page contaaining the information regarding your app. You need to click on the 'Keys and Access Tokens' section. Press <ENTER> to continue. "

read

echo "There should be a field called 'Consumer Key'. Please enter the text in the field, making sure you enter it correctly. "

read consumer_key

echo "Next, there should be a field called 'Consumer Secret', underneath the first field. Please enter the text in the field, making sure you enter it correctly. "

read consumer_secret

echo "Now you have to scroll down to the section where it says something along the lines of 'Generate My Access Token'. Click on that, and two more fields should appear. Press <ENTER> to continue."

read

echo "Please enter the 'Access Token', making sure to put it in correctly. "

read access_token

echo "Please enter the 'Access Token Secret', making sure to put it in correctly. "

read access_token_secret

echo "Please find the file which contains the now playing information. For 321xmas, this was 'http://321xmas.com:8000/stats?sid=1&json=1'. Please enter it using the full http://. "

read request_website

echo "Ok, now we just need to set the amount of time between updates. Please give the number in minutes. "

read wait_time

echo "And finally, what website would you like them to visit? "

read website

echo "The code will now create a directory called 'now_playing' and run the code contained inside it. Press <ENTER> to continue."

read

mkdir now_playing
cd now_playing

touch main.py
touch credentials.py

cat >main.py <<EOL
import tweepy, random, requests, time, sys
from credentials import *

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

REPEAT_TIME = ${wait_time} # Minutes

while True:
    data = requests.get("${request_website}").json()
    name = data["songtitle"].split(" - ")[1]
    artist = data["songtitle"].split(" - ")[0]

    print("Tweeting Message: \"" + "#NowPlaying " + name + " by " + artist + " on ${website}" + "\". ")

    try:
        api.update_status(" + "#NowPlaying " + name + " by " + artist + " on ${website}")

    except:
        print("Woah... there was an error. Either you tried to tweet a duplicate status, or you lost auth. May god have faith on you. (If this is repetitive, you probably lost auth. We had a good run.)")

    for i in range(REPEAT_TIME * 60):
        print(str( (REPEAT_TIME * 60) - (i + 1) ) + " seconds until next tweet.")
        sys.stdout.write("\033[F")

        time.sleep(1)

EOL

cat >main.py <<EOL
consumer_key = '${consumer_key}'
consumer_secret = '${consumer_secret}'
access_token = '${access_token}'
access_token_secret = '${access_token_secret}'
EOL

echo "Hopefully all setup is done! Just a few common errors: "
echo ""
echo "1. Something about 'auth'. This usually means that the credentials you entered were wrong."
echo "2. Something about 'no module'. This means that you don't have one of the dependencies installed."
echo ""
echo "Press <ENTER> to run!"

read

python3 main.py